By Wilson Adekumola
The elder stateman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has diclosed that he has stopped celebrating his birthday since the abduction of Chibok school girls Bornu State, as he turned 96th on Thursday.
The former national commissioner made this kmon in a statement Thursday in Enugu by the President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, through the National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia.
Clark said, “I stopped celebrating my birthday since the Chibok school girls were abducted in Borno State. It was very painful.
“Today, I am not celebrating, I am thanking God. I am not celebrating because I lost two younger brothers in the past.”
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejoiced with the National Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, for turning 96.
The group described him as a moral edifice, a fearless justice crusader, an astute politician, a philanthropist, a pathfinder and one of the most upright icons of the time.
