By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
As the killing of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak, continues to send shockwaves across the country, the police in Imo State said on Sunday that the late politician did not inform the security about his movement.
Gulak, a friend of the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, was killed on Saturday evening in Ngor Okpala LGA on his way to the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, Owerri.
A statement by the Imo State Police Command titled, “Murder of Ahmed Gulak by armed bandits,” and signed by SP Bala Elkanah, Police Public Relations Officer, on behalf of Commisioner of Police ,Imo State Police Command, however, said the culprits will be apprehended.
The state read: “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.
“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.”