₦airaland Forum

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State says the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a former presidential aide, has political undertone.

Addressing a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday, Uzodinma countered police claim that he was killed by members of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).

He said he could not go to church when he heard about Gulak’s assassination.

“Alhaji Ahmed Gulak was in Imo State for a national assignment. He came to Owerri with the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendment. 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,” he said.

“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.”

“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 heard 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.”

emkz:
Those who supported Ekpa's cause donated money to him. Did they ever ask Simon Ekpa to give account?

He claimed he wanted to liberate his people, but he imprisoned his own people by forcing them to sit at home every Monday. People have been killed and Ekpa has come out to take responsibility for the killings. You do not liberate your own people by instilling an atmosphere of fear and death in them.

Those who support his cause, remember that many of your own people cannot go to the villages again on account of the activities of those who claim to take orders from Ekpa. Do not allow these people to destroy your land because of a liberation.

Parents too need to talk to their children. Government too needs to provide an environment for the unemployed to work. Those who funded Ekpa's activities need to have a rethink and see if their actions have helped or further destroyed their region.

Hearing tales of the civil war from our Igbo brothers and sisters who witnessed it tells tales of trauma that a people faced. This can make one emotional, even though one was not there. Describing artillery shells and how they blew off people's houses is a pain that many carry until today. Seeing malnourished children suffering and seemingly waiting to die during the war is traumatizing. It is hard to erase such pictures from one's mind. We can blame the civil war for that. But for some misguided ones to inflict pain on their own people and bring death is a sad narrative that needs to end.

Dear Igbos worldwide who believe in Biafra, STOP contributing money to causes that would inflict pain on your own people. You might be paying for your own people to be killed. Ikemba Nnewi who went to war for Biafra said he was proud to have led the first war; but he pointedly said there was no need for another one because lessons ought to have been learnt from the first one, lest the deaths would have been in vain. Ikemba Nnewi ran for President of Nigeria in 2003 which is to say he believed in Nigeria before he answered the call that we all must answer.

Your own people cannot be human sacrifice to massage the ego of some deluded ones.

Yes, you can agitate for your own republic. But killing your own people or any other cannot be the way.


Don't!

Stevenson20:
If them explain Nigeria to you and you understand it, the person that explained it to you didn't explain it well.

Zoo for a reason.

ugodson:
This man should stop lying joor. His the one who sent people to assassinate the man. Everyone knows the story

Laple0541:
Kanu is really a lucky man to have gotten such mild judgement. It’s only in Nigeria that a known terrorist gets such judgement.

Wizardslayer:
The people responsible for mazi nnamdi kanu ordeal are primarily Igbos.

Before you attack me let me ask what Igbo politicians are doing about his continued detention?? People like............

Orji uzor kalu.

Prince Arthur eze nu upko.

Charles soludo.

Emeka of for.

Dave umahi.

And so on.

I guess they're busy protecting their own selfish political interests.

Flangelo12:
The prosecution was able to prove its case.

Kalashnikov49:
Omotosho read a prepared script from their APC Coven! !

Till today Uzodinmma hasn't denied it, but APC SW chapter with their operational base in Alausa Lagos State, gave Omotosho a script to read.

Nnamdi Kanu said that the Judgement is a farce and sham.

Shame on Omotosho.

PDPdestroyer:
Uzodinjo doesn't know law, Na IPOB kpai the man

donleo92:
This one dey talk when Igbo men they talk?..


Anyway, people they wait for you after your tenure