GULAK DEATH: 4 Facts about Goodluck Jonathan’s Ex-Political Adviser Killed in Imo by Gunmen

Amid security challenges currently buffeting the country, a former political adviser to former Nigeria's president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, was attacked and gruesomely killed by unknown gunmen.


The respected politician and the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain was shot dead in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Sunday, May 30, on his way to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport.

Gulak's death came amid rising insecurity in the southeast and southsouth, with sources establishing that he was attacked in his Camry car marked Texas BFT 2150. As the country mourns his death, Vitality's Concept highlights major facts about the former political aide courtesy of Daily Trust. 

Ahmed Gulak was killed on Sunday on his way to the airport. Credit: @Adamawareporter Source: Twitter



1. Jonathan's ex-adviser 

Late Gulak was a special political aide to former president Jonathan before a new government took over in 2015 following a democratic electoral process that brought in Muhammadu Buhari.


2. Politician of high resume 

Apart from being a former adviser, Gulak was also a former speaker of the Adamawa House of Assembly. In 2014, he declared his intention to run the biggest office in Adamawa state via Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

3. PDP national chairmanship tussle 

The late former lawmaker was accused by some PDP governors of imposing himself as the national chairman of the then ruling party following a crack in the party in 2016. 

4. Defection 

Gulak, accompanied by supporters, defected from the PDP to the APC, giving his justification for the defection to Buhari administration's effort towards “degrading Boko Haram terrorists.” 

》》》》》》》》Some reasons why the former president Jonathan aid was killed.

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