Bandits kill Jonathan’s Former Aide Ahmed Gulak In Imo

A former aide of Presidenti Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, was murdered in Owerri, Imo state, on Sunday morning, according to the police.

A Police statement signed by  it’s spokesperson in Imo State, Bala Elkana, said that only Gulak was killed by the bandits in a vehicle he was riding to the airport.

Elkana said that Gulak left his hotel room in Owerri on Sunday morning to catch a flight at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, without informing the police despite the security situation in the state.

The statement disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, had ordered a discreet investigation into the murder incident.

The statement read, “On the May 30, 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.

“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.