President Goodluck Jonathan fires his political adviser, Ahmed Gula

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked his adviser on political matters, Ahmed Gulak with immiddiate effect, presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, has said.
In a statement posted via his twitter @abati1990, Abati quoted president Jonathan thanking Mr. Gulak for his services to the present administrations and wishing him success in his future endeavors.

There was no reason given for his removal. Ahmed was well known for complementing another presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, in launching verbal attacks on critics and opponent of president Jonathan. Gulak is a lawyer and former lawmaker in Nigeria's Northeastern state of Adamawa. He was one of president Jonathan's closest aides, having worked as director of mobilization in the campaign that returned the president to power in 2011.
"A replacement for Alhaji Gulak will be announced in due course" Mr. Abati said. No one has been able to ascertain the reason for which Gulak was fired, but he was in a political fight recently with the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and the state chapter of the Peple's Democratic Party (PDP). Gulak was criticized by Governor Akpabio and the state executive of the party during his visit to the state for a party meeting to inaugurate a sectional and unknown support group in favor of president Jonathan without bothering to pay any courtesies to the state leadership of the party. The party accused the politician of playing "ignoble and contemptuous role" in the affairs of the party in the state and warned him to desist from further interfering in the affairs of PDP in Akwa Ibom.
In Nov. 2013, Mr Gulak threatened to resign if Mr. Jonathan failed to make himself available for the forthcoming 2015 election. He claimed at that time that there was no alternative to Mr. Jonathan in 2015 as far as Nigerian presidency is concerned.

                                                                       Alhaji Ahmed Gulak

Premium Times investigation had in 2013 listed Mr. Gulak among a growing list of Nigerian business and political elites who ran or still runs secret offshore companies and accounts where they either hide thier wealth to evade taxes, launder money or commit fraud.

Mr Gulak who deals in the supply of fast boats, radial systems and naval communication equipment as well as military hardware to the Nigerian government, was linked to Erojim, a secret shell company in the British Virgin Islands, one of the world's most notorious tax havens. Taking advantage of the loose laws in several jurisdictions, shell companies like Mr. Gulaks are easy to form and owners can remain anonymous while using nominee directors as fronts and deploying the corporations to hide hill-gotten assets, launder funds, dodge litigation or evade tax. Gulak, declined to respond to the allegation at the time, and the Nigerian government failed to open an investigation.........

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