Tag: Edwin Clark

2023: South-South leader, Edwin Clark endorses Peter Obi 

Aminu Imam

Ex-Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Tuesday, endorsed the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi for the forthcoming poll. Clark, who addressed newsmen at his Asokoro residence, Abuja, declared that with the former Anambra State governor as President of Nigeria, the country would be more united. According to him, one who must be the next President of the country must be educated and experienced; stressing that South-East should be allowed to produce the next President of the country. He insisted that the zone…

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Medical Vacation: ‘Buhari’s failure to transmit power to Osinbajo unconstitutional’ – Edwin Clark

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Leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari breached the Constitution by not formally transmitting power to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo before leaving for London for his routine medical check-up. Recall that Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced Buhari’s departure on Monday, adding that the President is expected back in the country in the second week of November. However, there was no mention of whether Osinbajo would be in charge in the president’s absence. Addressing a press conference in…

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Crude Oil theft: Clark demands judicial inquiry

Aminu Imam

…Accuses cartels of complicity Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the setting up of a judicial inquiry into the crude oil theft that has led to dwindling revenue for the nation and sabotaging its economy. He made the call at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, against the background of the recent discovery of kilometres-long illegal oil pipeline delivering crude to rouge vessels in a platform on the high seas. The elder statesman was reacting to the recent discovery of a large scale…

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PDP Presidential Primary Election: “Resign now as National Chairman” — Clark to Ayu

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Elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, to resign. According to him, Ayu is no longer fit and proper to retain his position as the national chairman of the PDP. Clark, a former First Republic federal Commissioner of Information, said this in a statement yesterday, titled: “Resign now: You’re no longer fit to remain PDP national chairman, Clark tells Iyorchia Ayu”. He said, Even much worse, in the extreme, was the…

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‘Growing number of presidential aspirants from South is madness, unrealistic’, says Edwin Clark

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Elder statesman and leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has described the growing number of presidential aspirants from the southern part of the country as ‘madness and unrealistic’. Clark, who disclosed this in Abuja, while interacting with newsmen, said most of the aspirants from the South that have declared interest to contest for president in 2023 are playing double games. Recall that presidential aspirants from the southern region that have either declared interest or obtained forms include: Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi; former Imo State governor, Senator…

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2023: Adebanjo, Clark, S/East Govs. meet in Abuja today over Presidency

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Leader of the Afenifere socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, and leader of the Southern and Middle-Belt Forum, Pa Edwin Clark, are set to attend the Greater Nigeria Conference, (GNC), in Abuja today, Monday, to deliberate on the emergence of the next Nigerian President from the South-East region. The GNC is a pan-Nigeria dialogue, organised by a global Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Umunna, to canvass support for a presidential candidate from the region during the 2023 general elections. The GNC, in a statement by its Media Coordinator, Collins Ugwu, said South-East governors…

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2023 Presidency: ‘If PDP abandons S’East, we’ll abandon party’ – Edwin Clark

Aminu Imam

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has declared his support for the Igbo candidacy in 2023, vowing that if the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) abandons the South-East region, they will also abandon the Party. Clark, who spoke in his Abuja residence on Wednesday, when Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, came to consult him over his presidential ambition, emphasized that it was the turn of core Igbos to produce the next President of Nigeria, insisting that those from related ethnic nationalities should support the Ndigbo to enthrone the likes of Governor Umahi…

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Electoral Act: ‘Clause on political appointees will stop impunity’ – Edwin Clark

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Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says the clause in the new Electoral Act, which requires political appointees to resign their positions before participating in party primaries, will stop “impunity”. Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 reads: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” President Muhammadu Buhari had, while signing the electoral act amendment bill into law on February 25,…

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‘The 36 State governors are Nigeria’s problem’ — Clark

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Elder statesman and the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has said the 36 States’ governors are Nigeria’s problem, arguing that wanting to be in the good books of President Muhammadu Buhari has blinded them to their rights. Chief Clark made the declarations in an interview on a television programme, where he also bemoaned the level of insecurity in the country, saying there is “no guarantee for safety during the elections.” Clark also called for restructuring of the country before the 2023 general election, warning…

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‘Oil, other minerals don’t belong to their existing locations’, Obasanjo replies Edwin Clark

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Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has told foremost Ijaw statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, that crude oil or any other minerals located in any territory in Nigeria do not belong to the areas they are found. In his response to a letter he received from the ex-federal commissioner of information, who had complained of the former president’s “unprovoked outburst against the people of the Niger-Delta”, Obasanjo asserted that the ownership claim of crude oil by Niger-Delta amounts to creating sovereign entities within a State. Obasanjo maintained that those who purchase crude oil…

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