A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak, have been killed by gunmen around Umueze Obiangwu in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area close to the Sam Mbakwe Airport road in Owerri, Imo state.
It was gathered that, Gulak, who was a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was heading to the airport when the assailants attacked him and shot him.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Imo Police Command Bala Elkana who confirmed the incident, Gulak was trailed from his hotel room to the spot where he was killed..
“He left without any security escorts and while the cab driver took an irregular route to the airport, six armed bandits who rode in a Toyota Sienna intercepted, identified, and shot at Ahmed Gulak,” the police spokesman said in a statement.
The Commissioner of Police in the southeast state, Abutu Yaro, has directed “a discreet investigation into the matter as Tactical and Special forces have been deployed to cordon the area and arrest perpetrators.”
