Former political special adviser to president Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak has been killed in Owerri ,Imo state.
The aide was murdered by unknown gunmen on his way returning to Abuja when the incident happened
The spokeperson of Imo state police command SP Bala Elkana has confirmed the incident through a statement that at about 07:20am ,on 30/5/2021,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.
Accordling to him,he said Ahmed Gulak left his room at Protea Hotel without informing the Police nor any 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 at 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 cordone the area and arrest perpetrators.
