By BARELY four days after the passing of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, his colleague and near agemate, Pa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has passed.
Clark, a former Federal Commissioner for Information and foremost South-South Leader, passed on Monday February 17, 2025 at 97.
A statement from the family signe by Prof. C. C. Clark, reads:
“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.
“May his soul rest in peace, Amen.”
The initiator and chairman of the Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) was famous for his irrepressible stance on national issues especially as it concerns the Niger Delta..
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