By A former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has been shot dead in Imo State on Sunday morning.
Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), left his hotel without any security detail and was ambushed while on his way to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo airport.
According to a statement by the spokesperson of the Imo Police Command, Bala Elkana, six armed bandits intercepted and attacked a Toyota Camry cab carrying Ahmed Gulak and two others.
“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 said.
“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 statement added that 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.
