Matilda Omonaiye/
Police authorities in Imo State have relayed the circumstances surrounding the murder of an APC Chieftain, Mr Ahmed Gulak, today in Imo State.
According to a statement from Imo State Police Command, Gulak was killed at about 07:20hrs today by bandits who intercepted and attacked a Toyota Camry cab that was taking him and two other persons to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch a flight.
Imo State police spokesman, SP Bala Elkana, stated: “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 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.”
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