Gulak: Put an end to violence in South-East – Akeredolu charges Govs

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has urged his South East counterparts to place an finish to the violence ravaging the area.

He stated this after the assassination of Ahmed Gulak, former Particular Adviser on Political Issues to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, on his approach to the airport in Owerri, Imo State capital, on Sunday morning.

Describing the homicide of Gulak as a cowardly act, Akeredolu emphasised that the killing was a calculated transfer to instigate Nigerians in opposition to one another.

Based on the Governor, in a press release he personally signed, the homicide was a mindless and depraved one, stressing that the criminals have to be apprehended with a purpose to tame their growing terrorist acts.

Akeredolu additionally acknowledged that the killing of Gulak, who was an APC chieftain, bears the unmistakable and despicable imprints of fifth columnists bent on setting the nation on the trail of conflagration.

He known as on security agencies to not solely apprehend the perpetrators of the crimes however to additionally unveil these sponsoring the “terrorist act”.

“We need to use this medium to specific our solidarity with our brother Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma. We admonish him and different Governors within the South Japanese States to brace up, and confront the present safety problem to place an finish to the massacre within the land. The enemies of the folks all the time make use of the weapon of concern to create disaffection within the polity.

“This cowardly act is calculated to instigate Nigerians in opposition to one another, significantly Northerners, in opposition to the Igbo residing exterior the South East. We must confront the enemies of the people with a view to neutralizing them. That is undoubtedly not the time for politically appropriate information. Banditry shouldn’t be allowed to subvert the legitimacy of the present Authorities in any respect ranges,” he stated.