Police confirms Gulak killing, begins probe

 

The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ahmed Gulak, in Owerri.

RELIABLESOURCENG.COM reports that Gulak, a former PDP member and former adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan was killed Sunday morning while heading to the Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch a flight to Abuja.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Imo Command, SP Bala Elkana, confirmed our report and said the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has directed investigation into the killing by armed bandits.

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.

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“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 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.”

The police spokesman however did not say what happened to the other two passengers in the car.