Khadafy Janjalani, head of the Abu Sayyaf Group, was killed when his group clashed with the military in Tuburan town, Basilan, southern Philippines, last June 10. "I am going to look for his remains in Tuburan, Basilan," said Basilan Governor, Wahab Akbar.

"Janjalani was buried in a remote village in Tuburan and I know the exact place where he was buried and we will dig up his body to prove that he is already dead," noted Akbar in a radio interview with Radio Mindanao Network.

He scheduled a trip to Tuburan today for reporters to see the remains of Janjalani. "I received A-I information on where his men buried him a day after his death. I got privileged information," claimed Akbar in a television interview aired in Manila.

Janjalani was wounded by the military during a clash. His men tried to save him by taking him in a motor boat to a doctor in nearby Isabela, capital of Basilan, but he died on the way, stated Akbar in the same television interview.

Akbar added that Janjalani was killed while trying to bring a total of 11 hostages to a hinterland lair in Tipo Tipo. On June 2, Janjalani's group entered Lamitan, Basilan, where four of the 20 hostages who were kidnapped on May 27 from Dos Palmas in Palawan, south-western Philippines, were released. The Abu Sayyaf Group killed two Filipino hotel staffers in Lamitan while they were in transit.

On the same day, the group managed to get four more hostages – two nurses, one midwife and one accounting clerk at the hotel and church complex in Lamitan.

He had all these hostages for a week when his group was met by a joint military and police force, explained Akbar in the same television interview. "It's unfair that many families of the hostages are negotiating and paying ransom money when Janjalani is already dead," noted Akbar.

"My patience is getting short. I don't like the so-called secret negotiations and back door channels where pay offs are being made to a group whose leader is already dead," Akbar stressed.

"I dare them to get my family. They will see how I can sacrifice myself for the end of the Abu Sayyaf group," declared Akbar. "It's a good thing that an all out war campaign against the group is ongoing," said Akbar.

Earlier, Sabaya had denied reports which said Janjalani had been killed. This was also in reaction to reports that he was seriously wounded by the military in Lamitan.