The union of Arewa Civil Society Organizations (CACSO), on Sunday, contacted the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman Baba, to reveal the identities of those behind the gruesome murder of Ahmed Gulak, 8 months earlier.

The union likewise demanded the real identity of the Police officers who masked themselves to kidnap Chief Uche Nwosu in a Gestapo style from an Anglican Church service in Imo State, in December 2021.

DAILY POST reported that Gulak, a previous Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), was assassinated in Owerri, Imo State capital on 30th May 2021, by “unidentified gunmen”.

In a press statement offered to newsman Sunday morning and signed by Dr. Haruna Jagindi and Amb. Danjuma Shetima, on behalf of the union; the group stated it was essential to let the world understand “of the actions and inactiveness of some components within the authorities that are constituting themselves as a danger to the residents of this country”.

They stated the murder of Gulak was painful to all Nigerians, particularly, Northerners, whose renowned boy he was, including that the nation required him now, to “conquer its myriad of challenges”.

“That the true identity of those who assassinated Honourable Ahmed Gulak need to be revealed, including their sponsors and their intentions, since reports validate that Gulak was not the only resident of the automobile when he was assassinated”, the group stated.

On the arrest of the son-in-law of Chief Rochas Okorocha, the declaration checks out: “the circumstance in Imo State was more compounded by the Gestapo style of some policeman who got into an Anglican Church throughout a service in a well-known bid to apprehend Chief Uche Nwosu, previous governorship aspirant in the state.

“These components did not simply get into the Church, but they did while completely masked up similar to the popular unknown gunmen that we have in the state. These elements had nothing to determine or distinguish them from criminal aspects as they were neither in uniform nor having any kind or ways of identification on them to show they were security representatives as needed by running requirements all over the world.

“Eyewitnesses had no other choice than to conclude that Chief Uche Nwosu had actually been kidnapped since they might not point to anything evidential or concrete to recognize his kidnappers as security agents.

“This circumstance filtered into mainstream and social networks for a number of hours before a counter declaration by Imo State Police Command exposed that what took place in the Anglican Church was not an abduct however an arrest.

“The extended period that it took the Spokesperson of the command to speak to Nigerians especially family, buddies and associates of Chief Nwosu on what really transpired is a tip to the reality that there is a bridge of professional conduct in his arrest and likewise the truth that there is a wide interaction space amongst police hierarchy in Imo State, hence the need for discipline and stringent punitive steps to function as a deterrent and also revive the faith and trust of the people in the efforts of the authorities and our security agencies in dealing with the menace of insecurity in Imo State and Nigeria as a whole”.

While demanding that the intention behind his arrest be made public to Nigerians; the group also insisted that “the armed men who invaded the Church be unmasked and adequate sanctions be portioned to them, having actually engaged themselves or allowed themselves to be utilized unlawfully and to break expert principles as stipulated in The Nigeria Police Act of 2020”.