Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Edwin Clark is dead. According to a statement released by his family, the chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF died on Monday night,February 17. He was 97 years old.
The statement read,
“The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce the passing of Chief (Dr.) Sen. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark OFR, CON on Monday 17th February , 2025.’’
Born in Kiagbodo, in the Ijaw area of what is now Delta State, late Clark attended primary and secondary schools at Effurun, Okrika and Afugbene before completing further studies at the Government Teacher Training College, which later became Delta State University, Abraka. Thereafter, he worked briefly as a school teacher before traveling abroad to earn a law degree.
He worked with the administrations of military governor Samuel Ogbemudia and head of state, General Yakubu Gowon between 1966 and 1975. In 1966, he was a member of an advisory committee to the military governor of the Mid-Western Region province, David Ejoor and was appointed Federal Commissioner of Information in 1975.
Thank God for God !!!, that death is inevitable . Because if men were gods, what would have become of those that are not privileged. All the same. May his soul rest in peace where ever he finds himself.
Chief Edwin Clark was a fearless powerful Nigerian from the famous Ijaw nation within the federation of Nigeria. He is a true nationalist who advocated for Equity and fairness.
Not to be taken ,he was the roaring lion of the Ijaws who would speak out loudly where people feared to whisper.
A legal luminary and a senior advocate of Nigeria,he was a living legal encyclopaedia,well versed in the art of governance and information management. He played a very important role in ensuring the protection of the rights of the Niger Delta minorities. stood solidly behind former President Goodluck Jonathan.He will long remembered as one of the founding fathers of modern Nigeria.