Boazizzy08: Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has been in the news over his verbal battle with some Northern leaders whom he has blamed severally for complicating Nigerian problems under this present administration. Chief Clerk yesterday again, confronted his critics in another war of words, saying that at 85, he was not seeking any kind of relevance in the nation.

Clerk who lambasted his critics over their comment that he was only talking so as to get the attention of the nation as well as Jonathan, said those who made such comment would need to go back to history and find out that he had been a very relevant figure in the country years back, and that he couldn’t be looking for any kind of attention at the age of 85.

Receiving a group from Delta State under the aegis, Anioma Agenda led by its Chairman, Mr. Alex Onwuadiamu at his Asokoro residence in Abuja, Clerk affirmed that Dr. Junaid Mohammed and others have insulted him for making an unremarkable comment about him.

Also speaking on the 2015 race in Delta state, Clerk had affirmed that there was no second class citizen in the state, hence every tribe I Delta state have the right to produce a candidate as far as the election is concerned.

“We are all one in Delta State, everybody is entitled to be governor in Delta, there is no second class citizen; once you are qualified, you are free to contest. We need love, we must love one another. If we are fair and we exhibit equity, there will be no reason for Ika South or Ika East because everyone is Ika, it is a political division, there must be no differences. You have the right to fight for your right and if you don’t fight, you don’t exist; some people should not be denied what they are entitled to,” he said.

In a reaction to the statement and claims by some people who said that the country will not exist until the president comes from a particular region of the country, Clerk said, “Let no one present Nigeria as if anyone is adopted. If we are fair in this country, we will not worry where the President of this country comes from, so no one should say that if they are not president, Nigeria will not exist.

“I don’t care whatever anyone says. At 85, I am not looking for money, when I was already relevant; some of these people were not born. I am not seeking relevance because Jonathan is President, it is an insult; I am not seeking relevance, Jonathan or no Jonathan, I am there and already relevant, I have become very relevant even before he became the Vice President of this country. I am mentally alert, I am strong, not senile.

“If anyone occupies Jonathan’s position, if he is being harassed, intimidated, no matter where the person comes from, I will stand and speak in the person’s favour. I am not a child in this country seeking relevance; I was a senator, a minister, a commissioner, chairman of various boards, an activist, I was a member of Zikist movement both in Nigeria and London; I have played prominent roles in this country. So at 85, I can’t be seeking relevance.”
Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has been in the news over his verbal battle with some Northern leaders whom he has blamed severally for complicating Nigerian problems under this present administration. Chief Clerk yesterday again, confronted his critics in another war of words, saying that at 85, he was not seeking any kind of relevance in the nation.

Clerk who lambasted his critics over their comment that he was only talking so as to get the attention of the nation as well as Jonathan, said those who made such comment would need to go back to history and find out that he had been a very relevant figure in the country years back, and that he couldn’t be looking for any kind of attention at the age of 85.

Receiving a group from Delta State under the aegis, Anioma Agenda led by its Chairman, Mr. Alex Onwuadiamu at his Asokoro residence in Abuja, Clerk affirmed that Dr. Junaid Mohammed and others have insulted him for making an unremarkable comment about him.

Also speaking on the 2015 race in Delta state, Clerk had affirmed that there was no second class citizen in the state, hence every tribe I Delta state have the right to produce a candidate as far as the election is concerned.

“We are all one in Delta State, everybody is entitled to be governor in Delta, there is no second class citizen; once you are qualified, you are free to contest. We need love, we must love one another. If we are fair and we exhibit equity, there will be no reason for Ika South or Ika East because everyone is Ika, it is a political division, there must be no differences. You have the right to fight for your right and if you don’t fight, you don’t exist; some people should not be denied what they are entitled to,” he said.

In a reaction to the statement and claims by some people who said that the country will not exist until the president comes from a particular region of the country, Clerk said, “Let no one present Nigeria as if anyone is adopted. If we are fair in this country, we will not worry where the President of this country comes from, so no one should say that if they are not president, Nigeria will not exist.

“I don’t care whatever anyone says. At 85, I am not looking for money, when I was already relevant; some of these people were not born. I am not seeking relevance because Jonathan is President, it is an insult; I am not seeking relevance, Jonathan or no Jonathan, I am there and already relevant, I have become very relevant even before he became the Vice President of this country. I am mentally alert, I am strong, not senile.

“If anyone occupies Jonathan’s position, if he is being harassed, intimidated, no matter where the person comes from, I will stand and speak in the person’s favour. I am not a child in this country seeking relevance; I was a senator, a minister, a commissioner, chairman of various boards, an activist, I was a member of Zikist movement both in Nigeria and London; I have played prominent roles in this country. So at 85, I can’t be seeking relevance.”
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