Uzodinma Distances IPOB From Gulak’s Killing, Says It Has Political Undertone

*Says Killers Of Gulak Will Not Go Scot Free

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has said that the murdered aide
to former President Goodluck Jonathan and a Chieftain of All
Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Gulak was in the state
for a national assignment.

Governor Uzodimma who addressed a press conference on Monday,
said Alhaji Ahmed Gulak came to Owerri with the Senate Committee on
Constitutional Amendment.

He explained: “Being a humble man, he chose to travel incognito
according to his friend who was with him. Someone must have trailed
him from the hotel to the airport. That is exactly why his gruesome
murder appears to be a clear case of political assassination.

While describing the death as sad, the Governor said “It is with
a very heavy heart that I address you today. The pain of losing a
person or loved one, the horror of holding your family member in
his or her final moments, the anger of someone being so reckless,
so thoughtless that their bullet destroyed your life, are emotions
no individual should ever have to endure.

“I sympathize with the families of those who lost their lives
through stray bullets during this period. As you know, the death of
anyone diminishes mankind. But the brutal and callous assassination
of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak yesterday, Sunday, May 30th, 2021 on his way
to the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, is painful because he did not
deserve to die that way.”

He described the death as a personal loss to him. “The death of
this compatriot is a personal loss to me because he was an
invaluable friend and brother whose sense of justice, fairness and
uprightness endeared him to me.

“I was shocked to my marrows when the sad news of his callous
murder was broken to me. I was getting ready to go to church when
the sad news came and I could not attend the service again. It was
simply one of the most devastating news I have had in my life and I
am yet to recover from the shock. It remains a puzzle to me why
anyone would want to murder him in this gruesome and vicious
manner.”

He assured that the perpetrators would be brought to book to
face justice. “Let me make it very clear that everything will be
done by security agencies to find those who murdered Gulak and
their sponsors. They will not by the grace of God escape their
deserved punishment. This is not in our character as Ibos, not in
our tradition nor in our culture. We must condemn this callous
act.”

He urged everybody to exercise restraint and allow the police to
continue with their investigations, which according to him, “is
already yielding positive results as some arrests have already been
made. I commend the police for their speed so far in handling this
case.”

“It is reassuring that the President and Commander in Chief, His
Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, has assured the nation that
the perpetrators of this heinous crime would be apprehended and
punished.

“On our part as a government, we are not sparing any effort in
ensuring that the murderers of this patriot are quickly arrested
and prosecuted for their evil deeds.”

He believed that the ongoing police investigations will uncover
the whole truth.

“It is common knowledge that those who are innocent need not be
afraid. But the guilty will never go scot-free, certainly not in
this instant case,” he added.

The governor also commiserated with relations and families of
victims of kidnapping, armed robberies, banditry and stray bullets
in Imo state adding that the government has been reaching out to
all other victims.

*Says Killers Of Gulak Will Not Go Scot Free

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has said that the murdered aide
to former President Goodluck Jonathan and a Chieftain of All
Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Gulak was in the state
for a national assignment.

Governor Uzodimma who addressed a press conference on Monday,
said Alhaji Ahmed Gulak came to Owerri with the Senate Committee on
Constitutional Amendment.

He explained: “Being a humble man, he chose to travel incognito
according to his friend who was with him. Someone must have trailed
him from the hotel to the airport. That is exactly why his gruesome
murder appears to be a clear case of political assassination.

While describing the death as sad, the Governor said “It is with
a very heavy heart that I address you today. The pain of losing a
person or loved one, the horror of holding your family member in
his or her final moments, the anger of someone being so reckless,
so thoughtless that their bullet destroyed your life, are emotions
no individual should ever have to endure.

“I sympathize with the families of those who lost their lives
through stray bullets during this period. As you know, the death of
anyone diminishes mankind. But the brutal and callous assassination
of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak yesterday, Sunday, May 30th, 2021 on his way
to the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, is painful because he did not
deserve to die that way.”

He described the death as a personal loss to him. “The death of
this compatriot is a personal loss to me because he was an
invaluable friend and brother whose sense of justice, fairness and
uprightness endeared him to me.

“I was shocked to my marrows when the sad news of his callous
murder was broken to me. I was getting ready to go to church when
the sad news came and I could not attend the service again. It was
simply one of the most devastating news I have had in my life and I
am yet to recover from the shock. It remains a puzzle to me why
anyone would want to murder him in this gruesome and vicious
manner.”

He assured that the perpetrators would be brought to book to
face justice. “Let me make it very clear that everything will be
done by security agencies to find those who murdered Gulak and
their sponsors. They will not by the grace of God escape their
deserved punishment. This is not in our character as Ibos, not in
our tradition nor in our culture. We must condemn this callous
act.”

He urged everybody to exercise restraint and allow the police to
continue with their investigations, which according to him, “is
already yielding positive results as some arrests have already been
made. I commend the police for their speed so far in handling this
case.”

“It is reassuring that the President and Commander in Chief, His
Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, has assured the nation that
the perpetrators of this heinous crime would be apprehended and
punished.

“On our part as a government, we are not sparing any effort in
ensuring that the murderers of this patriot are quickly arrested
and prosecuted for their evil deeds.”

He believed that the ongoing police investigations will uncover
the whole truth.

“It is common knowledge that those who are innocent need not be
afraid. But the guilty will never go scot-free, certainly not in
this instant case,” he added.

The governor also commiserated with relations and families of
victims of kidnapping, armed robberies, banditry and stray bullets
in Imo state adding that the government has been reaching out to
all other victims.