But the prominent Niger Deltas said inasmuch as the idea behind the Summit was good, it should not be without the input of the critical stakeholders who better understand the issues at stake
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Kachikwu made the disclosure on Friday when he paid a visit to Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, in Warri, Delta State
The Secretary of the militant group, Timipa Okponipene, made the pledge on Friday when he paid a courtesy visit to Clark
Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, and former Minister of Police Affairs, Broderick Bozimo, said the meeting would hold at the Petroleum Training Institute Conference Centre in Warri
Former President Goodluck Jonathan did not lose re-election because he is a bad person; he lost the election because he was surrounded by people like you, who reduced governance to an Ijaw vendetta mission. You constituted yourself into the defacto president while the man given the mandate by Nigerians was reduced to merely a mouthpiece for you and others who suddenly think that the auspicious chance of having a president from the region producing the crude oil was a licence to trample the rest of us
The INC also demanded that issues bordering on the take-off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State be addressed urgently
Clark said contrary to insinuations, he did not get any contract or oil block from Jonathan
Clark said both Jonathan and Yar’Adua also lacked the courage and the political will to fight corruption
On corruption, Clark declared: The government has the right to investigate, prosecute and jail corrupt people whether they are Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani or Igbos… corruption is a monster that must be fought.
“Politicians are mostly the most corrupt people in Nigeria
Speaking on the three Nigerians killed in Indonesia, Akwashiki said the Nigerian government was not happy with the execution but warned Nigerians to avoid breaking the laws of other countries
“It is therefore very wrong, provocative and unwarranted for a man like Coomasie, who chairs the Arewa Consultative Forum, an umbrella body of the North, and who should know better, to make such provocative statement
Obuh recently visited Chief Edwin Clark whom he told of his ambition to govern Delta State
It said Chief Clark’s outburst against the Attorney-General of the Federation for “misadvising” Jonathan on the declaration of emergency in the three states is not aimed at clipping the wings of the insurgents, but simply to give an unfair advantage to a party that has given him juicy patronage, so that his gravy train will not derail
Speaking after the meeting, Bishop Gbonigi said the Assembly condemned the recent abduction of over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, noting that the security situation is becoming unbearable
Clark, a former Federal Commissioner and prominent Ijaw leader who made the call in Abuja, also advised the President to appoint military administrators in those states sp that peace and tranquillity could return in earnest
The Delta State Government said it had successfully managed more high profile kidnappings in the past without paying any ransom
The PPRO said that one suspect apprehended in connection with the crime assisted the police with useful information
Kalu said one suspect had been arrested in connection with the crime and was helping the police with useful information
Speaking with The Eagle Online in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Wednesday, Ochei, who described Chief Clark as an “elder statesman”, said the fact of what is on ground about the IPP project speaks for itself
The governor said the ravaging fire of ethnicity being played up in the North and political logjam arising from opposition political parties would soon be a thing of the past