From left: Chief E.K. Clark, Tony Obuh, Chief J.E. Imudia & Hon. Efe Ofoburuku
The Ijaw National Leader and Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has bare fang on Orubebe, saying come 2015
governorship elections, Deltans should not vote for the former Minister for Niger Delta, Elder
Godsday Orubebe but should
cast their votes for President Goodluck Jonathan in his re-election bid.
cast their votes for President Goodluck Jonathan in his re-election bid.
Chief Clark, a former Federal Commissioner made the
declaration during a consultative visit by Mr.Tony Chuks Obuh, DUF today at his country-home in Kiagbodo, Burutu
Local Government Area of Delta State.
He described the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as
a very humble and respectful son, Chief Clark disclosed how he told Orubebe to
forget the governorship race and spearhead the re-election bid of President Goodluck
Jonathan, stressing that Elder Orubebe refused to yield to
his advice.
He warned that nobody should use his name to endorse any candidate,
declaring that the era of imposing candidates on the people are over and will
not be tolerated.
Also speaking, the Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly,
Chief Monday Igbuya, who stood-in for Chief Convener of DUF, Chief Ayirimi Emami,
told Chief Clark that they came to introduce their Principal, Tony
Obuh to him, adding that the Dein of Agbor sent seven Chiefs to
represent him as a sign of his solidarity. In a remark, the PDP governorship hopeful, Mr. Tony Obuh described Chief E.K. Clark as
a man of history in Nigeria and advocate of one Nigeria.
Mr. Obuh, a Seasoned Civil Servant, said that he “has seen
governance to know what is good and bad after serving in Delta State Civil
Service” and that his decision to retire from the State Civil
Service as Permanent Secretary was not due to pressure or advice
from anybody.
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