Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has
declared his support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption
and terror.
Clark, who was a minister of information made the
declaration while receiving members of the Think Nigeria First Initiative
(TNFI) in Abuja.
While condemning the activities of the insurgent group,
he said that “Boko Haram is a problem for all of us Nigerians and we must all
fight it together.”
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. That is why every governor wants to become a senator so that he will
continue to enjoy immunity from probe and prosecution for corrupt practices.”
He also implored the President to implement the good
programmes initiated by the past administration.
“It is not everything done by your opponent that is bad.
Select the good ones and implement them and ignore the bad ones”, he added.
The Ijaw leader used the occasion to declare his decision
to cease further partisan political activities but rather stand up against any
individual or group that try to take Nigeria for a ride from now on.
“I no longer belong to any political party. I am no more
in PDP and won’t move to APC. As I almost clock my 90th birthday, I will rather
continue to advocate for better, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria and die
gracefully on Nigerian soil.”
Clark nevertheless took a swipe at one of the former
Nigerian leaders who served both in the military and democratic era, whom he
alleged “was the most corrupt Nigerian” as one who “institutionalized,
legitimized and legalized corrupt practices during his tenure.”
While thanking the Think Nigeria First Initiative for
their courtesy visit, Clark declared his support and encouraged the initiative
to keep thinking Nigeria first, ahead of any personal, ethnic or political
sentiment.
In his remark, the Director General of the TNFI, Mr.
Abubakr Tsani said the group was non-partisan, non-religious, non-ethnic
support organisation for just causes.
He said it was conceived to midwife sincere channels of
reconciling Nigerians and Nigerian State with a view to protecting strategic
national values against inadvertent distortion of such values.
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