Iloilo City, Jan. 9 -- Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) director Col. Kim Legada was relieved of his post effective Thursday due to lapses in the conduct of investigation and assessment related to the death of Duenas, Iloilo Vice Mayor Aimee Paz Lamasan.

Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) deputy regional director for operations, Col. Roland Bulalacao, temporarily assumed as officer-in-charge, while Legada has been recalled to the regional headquarters, PRO-6 Regional Director Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan announced in a press conference on Friday.

Also relieved from post and reassigned to the regional headquarters was ICPO Station 2 commander, Capt. Jeffrey Delgado.

"As a matter of procedure, because we saw that there were lapses ...