Gulak who was a special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan was killed by unknown gunmen in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area close to the Sam Mbakwe Airport road in Owerri, Imo state.
Sources said Gulak was heading to the airport when the assailants attacked him and shot him on the spot after trailing him from his hotel room to the place where he was killed.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Imo Police Command, Bala Elkana said Gulak left without any security escorts.
The statement said the Commissioner of Police in the state ABUTU YARO has directed a discreet investigation into the matter as Tactical and Special Forces have been deployed to cordon the area and arrest perpetrators.
Gulak was the chairman of the APC committee that conducted the primaries for the Imo governorship election.
