Ahmed Gulak, an ex-aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was killed by a six-man gang of armed bandits in Owerri, Imo state, on Sunday morning, the Police have disclosed.
Gulak was a chieftain of ruling All Progressives Congress.
Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Imo, said in a statement shortly after Gulak’s murder, that the politician was the only one who was killed by the gunmen in the vehicle he was riding to the airport.
The Police Spokesman said that Gulak left his hotel room in Owerri on Sunday morning to catch a flight at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, but did not inform the police despite the security situation in the state.
The full statement reads as follows:
“On the May 30, at about 07:20hrs, armed bandits intercepted and attacked a Toyota Camry cab carrying Ahmed Gulak and two others who were on their way to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch a flight.
“Ahmed Gulak left his room at Protea Hotel without informing the Police nor sister agencies in view of the fragile security situation in the South East and Imo in particular.
“He left without any security escorts and while the cab driver took irregular route to the airport, six armed bandits who rode in a Toyota Sienna intercepted, identified and shot at Ahmed Gulak around Umueze Obiangwu in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area close to the Airport.
“The Commissioner of Police Imo CP Abutu Yaro, fdc has directed a discreet investigation into the matter as Tactical and Special forces have been deployed to cordon the area and arrest perpetrators.”
