Uzodinma Comments Show He Knows Gulak’s Killer, Says Wike

• “It is too early for him to come out to say it is political assassination”

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has warned his Imo state counterpart, Hope Uzodinma, to stop preempting the police on matters involving investigation into the assassination of Ahmed Gulak, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain.

Gulak was murdered in Owerri, Imo capital, on Sunday while on his way to the airport.

The police said members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were behind the murder and some of them have been killed.

The separatist group has, however, denied involvement in the murder of Gulak, the group pointed accusing fingers at Uzodinma, saying he was privy to the assassination.

Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, had said the murder of Gulak “appears to be a clear case of political assassination”.

Reacting to the development, Wike, said it was too early to say the murder of the former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has political colouration.

Wike, who spoke in an interview with Channels Television on Monday, implored Uzodimma to allow security operatives conclude their investigation before attributing the murder to politicians.

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The Rivers governor said the comments of his Imo colleague show that Uzodimma already knows the outcome of the police investigation.

“The point is very clear. We should not try to politicise everything. I think the governor of Imo state, my brother, Hope Uzodimma, should allow the security agencies to do their proper investigation,” Wike said.

“It is too early for him to come out to say it is political assassination. Having done that, it means that you already know, and knowing a product of investigation means that you already know those who committed that crime and that will not be fair.

“When things of this nature happen, allow the security agencies to really go into the matter.”

Wike also queried why a personality like Gulak will leave Imo without security detail, considering the rising insecurity in the south-east.

“Remember, even on the pages of the newspapers, when we heard this news, if I’m correct, the police said Ahmed Gulak was killed by bandits. Police said when he left, he left without security,” he said.