The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Ahmed Gulak by unknown assailants in Owerri.
The former Political aide to President Goodluck Jonathan was shot and killed on Sunday at about 07:20a.m.
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In a press statement signed by the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, the armed bandits about 6 of them intercepted a Toyota Camry cab carrying Ahmed Gulak and two others who were on their way to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch a flight.
According to the press statement, Ahmed Gulak left his room at Protea Hotel without informing the Police nor its sister agencies in view of the fragile security situation in the South East and Imo in particular.
It was reported that Gulak 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 statement noted that the Commissioner of Police Imo CP Abutu Yaro, has directed a discreet investigation into the matter as Tactical and Special forces have been deployed to the area to arrest perpetrators.
( Editor, Omor Bazuaye)
