A suspect, Anosike Chimobi, arrested by police in Imo State, has revealed how Ahmad Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress was murdered on May 30, 2021, in the state.
Chimobi, from Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, made the disclosure on Monday while being paraded by the police.
Gulak was killed at Obiangwu along Aba-Owerri road in Imo State, while on his way to the airport, to board a flight to Abuja.
Parading the suspects, Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, Mr Mike Abattam, said Chimobi had been on the radar of the command since the killing of Gulak.
According to Abattam, the suspect escaped during a gun battle between police personnel and his gang members at Aboh Mbaise shortly after they murdered Gulak.
However, he said five of the suspects were killed.
Chimobi claimed he is a commercial bus driver and not a member of the criminal gang.
He said he only followed the killers after they approached him to convey them in his vehicle to a spot and threatened that they would kill him when he resisted their demand.
However, he said he drove the criminals to the spot and was the one that blocked Gulak’s vehicle.
On how Gulak was killed, Chimaobi said they shot the APC chieftain after he resisted the demand by the gunmen to alight from the vehicle.
According to Chimobi, the hoodlums later ran into a team of security operatives who shot repeatedly at the other vehicle conveying them until it somersaulted and caught fire.
Abattam said some of the items recovered from the suspects paraded by the police include guns of different calibre, assorted charms, and live ammunition.
Gulak was a political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan.