Edwin Clark - No comment on Tinubu until tribunal’s judgment

Chief Edwin Clark

Elder statesman and Ijaw elder Chief Edwin Clark says he won't make much comments about the Bola Tinubu administration until the election petitions tribunal, where the results of the presidential election on February 25 are being contested, is through.

Prior to the 30th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12 presidential election, Clark made this statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

When questioned about his opinions of the May 29-inauguration of the Tinubu president, Clark responded, "I don't want to commend on that because the election tribunals are still sitting. "I don't want to make statements that are detrimental. So let the legal system operate as usual.

Peter Obi, the Labour Party's third-place finisher in the election who has petitioned the election tribunal to overturn the proclamation of Tinubu as the winner, received Clark's support and endorsement.

On June 12, the 96-year-old Clark stated that the government must guarantee a peaceful nation where all people are treated equally under the law.

We all want to live in a peaceful nation with less corruption, free from crises, security threats, and economic hardships.

He went further to say,

"Since 2014, I have consistently argued that the government should declare a state of emergency against corruption since corruption is so rampant throughout the nation.

"Every aspect of government cannot be trusted due to the horrific rate at which corruption is occurring throughout the nation.

"We want a Nigeria where everyone coexists happily, there is no discrimination, and we all uphold the constitutional stipulation that there should be no official state religion.There shouldn't be any exaltation of one faith above another.As an elder statesman participating in the 2014 National Conference, we presented numerous proposals for the future of Nigeria as a nation.

"A united country free from crisis, where all citizens are equal before the law and anyone of them can rise to any position you want to lead," he stated.