Magtanggol Gatdula

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

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

Before being a 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. His appointment gained controversy as his appointment allegedly backed by Iglesia Ni Cristo (which Gatdula is also a member), but he later dismissed the allegation. But the allegations of ambushing Deputy Director Esmeralda and extorting a Japanese national made him fired by President Aquino in 2012. But the charges and allegations against him later cleared.