96-year-old elder statesman and former federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark, has accused the immediate-past Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi
He further alleged that Okowa, who denied being a shareholder of Premium Trust Bank, has his brother as the Bank Manager.
“He is a liar. His brother who was working in Zenith Bank is now a manager in Premium Bank. Emefiele from his own place is now the Managing Director of Premium Bank,” he stated. Clark noted that as the oldest statesman in the country, he cannot keep on criticizing the Federal Government when people like former Delta Governor Okowa were complicit in the suffering of his people.
He congratulated all new Senators of the 10th National Assembly and urged them to put the interest of the nation first.While responding to the Senate President’s promise to pay greater attention to the Niger-Delta region, he stated: “the Niger-Delta people produce all the oil in this country but we are strangers in our own home. We are poorer than when our forefathers were alive. We are suffering.
“Even my great grandfather bought a Jeep of his own. I have to travel to Daura if I want something from the benefit of the oil in my backyard. We have no light or water. We were fishermen now fishes are dying.”
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