Magtanggol Gatdula

Magtanggol B. Gatdula was a Filipino lawyer and retired police officer who formerly served as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation.

Career Police service Graduate of class 1976 in the Philippine Military Academy, Gatdula served as a deputy in Ping Lacson's Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), as its chief for operations.

Before being appointed as Quezon City Police District (QCPD) chief in 2006, Gatdula was a member of the district as one of its deputies. He led the district on steps on modernizing. After his stint with the QCPD, he served in the Directorate for Logistics and later on, as Directorate for ICT Management until his retirement in 2010.

NBI director He was appointed by President Noynoy Aquino as the NBI director. But later, Gatdula said that he got the support of the said church in a TV interview. Gatula was the second member of the sect to be NBI director, the first one was Reynaldo Wycoco, also a former police general and former NCRPO director. But the charges and allegations against him later cleared.