While the storm created by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter is yet to settle, a statement by the leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, appears to have added more wind speed.
• LP candidate okay on restructuring, modular refineries, S’South devt, othersThe elder statesman and Ijaw leader, yesterday, called on “Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic, religious and even political backgrounds, to vote for Peter Obi without hesitation, as he is our best hope of a new Nigeria of peace, stability and progress.”
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, Clark dispelled insinuation that he waited to lend his voice only after Obasanjo had endorsed the LP candidate. According to Clark, the road to his endorsement began after he gave directive for a meeting between the national leadership of PANDEF and Obi, which held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Friday, December 23, 2022.
“His commitment to inclusion of qualified persons from the Niger Delta in the national governance process in the future government if elected into power is very reassuring; MEANWHILE, Labour Party, yesterday, described its presidential candidate as “an idea which time has come” and, therefore, cannot be caged.
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