Elder statesman and Convener of
the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has given reason the people of
the region will vote the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP.
He said Atiku Abubakar will be
voted because of his promise to restructure the country.
Speaking to reporters in Abuja
yesterday, the elder statesman criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration over the violence and killings in the country.
Clark said the insecurity in the
country presently was worse than the Civil War era in 1967.
He spoke this when he received
the PDP ex-Councillors Forum in his house in Abuja.
He said, “We from the South-South
will never vote for any candidate who does not believe in the restructuring of
Nigeria. That is the secret behind Atiku’s success. When you restructure this
country, we will all be equal and develop ourselves with the resources from our
area at our pace.
“The killings in this country are
too many. This is an everyday phenomenon. The Boko Haram menace is there, and
there are people who are encouraging them.
“You also have the AK-47-carrying
herdsmen; people are still being killed in Plateau and Benue states. The
killings going on in Nigeria today are more than the killings that took place
during the Civil War between 1967 and 1970.
“Every government is elected to
provide security and welfare to the people. But this is not what we have
presently.
“You are fighting corruption.
Which corruption? Which corruption when only your enemies are being arrested?
This country belongs to all of us. No one has the right to rule it alone.
“We want a detribalised
President. We have come to a stage where we should have someone who is
competent and respects every tribe and region.
“We made so many mistakes in
2015. PDP alone had about 12 presidential aspirants in the recent convention.
We at the Southern Nigeria and Middle Belt Forum decided to interview the
aspirants.
“Most of them were former state
governors, ministers and senators. We sat with them in this house every day at
that time. At the end, we knew the person to consider and we took the battle to
Port Harcourt (Rivers State).”
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