The Senate president gave the assurance on Wednesday when a delegation of the Pan Niger Delta Forum formally informed him of his death.
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Ighodalo heaped praises on Clark in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Erhabor Emokpae, in Benin City on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum died at the age of 97 on February 17, 2025.
He spoke in a statement he personally signed, entitled: “Oh, the BIG IROKO TREE of South South has fallen. What a great tragedy!”
Iba Adams’ tributes came just five days after the death of Afenifere leader, the late Pa Ayo Adebanjo, who he described as a repository of knowledge.
Obasanjo’s statement comes in reaction to the passing of Chief Senator Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON, a revered national leader and elder statesman.
Dr. Otuaro described Chief Clark’s demise at 97 as a huge loss to Nigeria, Ijaw nation, Niger Delta, and other minority groups in the country.
The elder statesman, in a letter to Tinubu, a copy of which he made available to the press on Thursday, said Buhari excluded the South-East from major appointments during his administration.
Clark has obstinately refused to see the larger picture and can only be bothered with his own self importance; nothing in his clamouring is anchored on the interest of the Ijaw na his only concern is how to continue enjoying the attention and resources that come with having a government assignment, which he desperately needs now he has been out of government since he helped ruin the Goodluck Jonathan presidency
If President Jonathan had returned to power on May 29, 2015, these same persons would have remained in the corridors of power, displaying all forms of ethnic triumphalism
The Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, on Tuesday declined comment when Senate correspondents approached him to explain…
The group, which comprises of former Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife; a chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Femi Okunrounmu; and former Minister of Information, Walter Ofonagoro, among others and led by Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, again called for the sack and arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega
The country home of Chief E. k Clark, Kiagbado, Burutu Local Government Area, was set agog last Thursday, when Mr Anthony Chuks Obuh was a guest to officially inform the respected politician of his intention to succeed Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as the Governor of Delta State.
The First Republic Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision on 2015 presidential contest will inform his decision on who succeeds Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in Delta.
The Governors of Adamawa and Yobe States, Alhaji Murtala Nyako and Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, who were reacting to the calls by Clark and Akpabio for President Goodluck Jonathan to declare full scale emergency rule in the three North East states where partial emergency rule is in force, said it was unfortunate that both men, who are beneficiaries of the country’s democratic rule, could advocate such