Ahmed Gulak shot dead in Imo State
Ahmed Gulak, aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan is dead.
The former aid was shot dead on Sunday, May 30 at the Imo state airport. Gulak who is from Adamawa state, was a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party, decamped to the All Progressives Congress in 2018.
According to a statement released by Imo state police command, Gulak was attacked and shot dead by unknown gunmen on his way to Sam Mbakwe Airport.
He was said to have left for the airport with no police escort and was shot around Umueze Obiangwu in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area close to the Airport.
The statement reads;
On the 30/5/2021, 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 the 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.
Sp Bala Elkana
Police Public Relations Officer
For: Commissioner of Police, Imo State Police Command.