Gunmen have killed a former aide to Ex- President Good luck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak around Umueze Obiangwu in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area close to the Sam Mbakwe Airport road in Owerri, Imo state.
Sources said Gulak, a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC was heading to the airport when the assailants attacked him and shot him on the spot.
Gulak was said to have been trailed from his hotel room to the spot where he was killed.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Imo Police Command Bala Elkana confirmed the incident on Sunday.
“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.”
