Elder statesman and former federal commissioner for information, Chief
Edwin Clark has pledged his support to the President-Elect, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari.
Clark stated that the president-elect has his full backing the same
way he supported the late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar'adua.
He revealed this in a congratulatory message sent to the President-elect.
In his words,"I congratulate you and reassure you that as you get to
commence the process of peaceful transition and government, you will
have my full support, as a man who strongly believes in the unity of
Nigeria, just as I supported our most respected late President, Umaru
Yar'Adua, and his successor, President Jonathan, as along as you will,
at all times, uphold the dignity of Nigeria and those things that bind
us together as one united country.
"Remember that part of our old National Anthem, which says, 'Though
tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand.
"This was exactly what the late Nelson Mandela of South Africa stood
for, and the late Martin Luther Kings Jnr of the United States of
America fought and died for."
Clark noted that he was happy that the President conceded defeat, an
action, he said, disappointed the nation's distractors, both within
and outside the country.
According to him, these unnamed enemies, had thought that the result
of the elections would not be accepted by any of the two major
contestants and thereby create a chaotic situation in the country.
If this had been done, he explained, the action would have satisfied
those prophets of doom, whom he said felt there would be no more
Nigeria after the 2015 general elections.
Clark however insisted that every citizen of the country must be
treated equally and should also be respected.
He said the minorities of the South-South region had supported and
worked with every government in Nigeria, and that they waited for 50
years before it pleased God to make of them the ruler of the
country.He said he and the people of the region remain grateful
because of this.
In his words,"We remain grateful for that and no one has faulted the
majority ethnic group for ruling over the years.
"This is the principle I have always stood for and supported. But some
people misunderstood me."
This development comes few weeks after the Ijaw Elder statesman
lambasted the president-elect, saying he is incapable of ruling a
democratic state.
Edwin Clark has pledged his support to the President-Elect, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari.
Clark stated that the president-elect has his full backing the same
way he supported the late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar'adua.
He revealed this in a congratulatory message sent to the President-elect.
In his words,"I congratulate you and reassure you that as you get to
commence the process of peaceful transition and government, you will
have my full support, as a man who strongly believes in the unity of
Nigeria, just as I supported our most respected late President, Umaru
Yar'Adua, and his successor, President Jonathan, as along as you will,
at all times, uphold the dignity of Nigeria and those things that bind
us together as one united country.
"Remember that part of our old National Anthem, which says, 'Though
tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand.
"This was exactly what the late Nelson Mandela of South Africa stood
for, and the late Martin Luther Kings Jnr of the United States of
America fought and died for."
Clark noted that he was happy that the President conceded defeat, an
action, he said, disappointed the nation's distractors, both within
and outside the country.
According to him, these unnamed enemies, had thought that the result
of the elections would not be accepted by any of the two major
contestants and thereby create a chaotic situation in the country.
If this had been done, he explained, the action would have satisfied
those prophets of doom, whom he said felt there would be no more
Nigeria after the 2015 general elections.
Clark however insisted that every citizen of the country must be
treated equally and should also be respected.
He said the minorities of the South-South region had supported and
worked with every government in Nigeria, and that they waited for 50
years before it pleased God to make of them the ruler of the
country.He said he and the people of the region remain grateful
because of this.
In his words,"We remain grateful for that and no one has faulted the
majority ethnic group for ruling over the years.
"This is the principle I have always stood for and supported. But some
people misunderstood me."
This development comes few weeks after the Ijaw Elder statesman
lambasted the president-elect, saying he is incapable of ruling a
democratic state.
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