Late Ahmed Gulak.
Top northern politician Ahmed Gulak is dead.
Newsone reports that the top northern politician and former aide to former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, was shot dead in Owerri, Imo State, southeast Nigeria.
This online news platform understands that the Adamawa State politician was shot dead at the airport in Imo State on Sunday, May 30.
Newsone reports that Dr Umar Ado, the classmate of late Ahmed Gulak announced his death in a statement on Sunday.
Though the statement did not state why late Ahmed Gulak was in Imo State, unconfirmed sources disclosed that the top northern politician was invited to Imo by some Northern Groups in the state.
The statement about Ahmed Gulak’s death reads as thus; “I just confirmed the sad and gruesome death of my friend and classmate, the former Hon. Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, former Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President and former Special Adviser Political to President Goodluck Jonathan, Barr. Ahmadu Ali Gulak.
“Barr Gulak was said to have been killed last night by unknown gunmen in Owerri, Imo State.
“May Allah (SWT) forgive his sins, bless his soul and reward his good deeds with Aljannah on the Day of Resurrection.
“May Allah (SWT) also give all his children, relatives, friends and loved ones, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. And may Allah (SWT) bless us with faithful deaths when it is our turn to die. Ameen.
“Please let all and sundry accept my heartfelt sympathy over this personal painful experience even as I draw solace that he lived a good, helpful and productive life, well illustrated by the fact that he died while in service of his dear country.
“This is one death too many! May God Almighty save our fatherland. Ameen.”
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that Ahmed Gulak was a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party in 2018.