Edwin Clark
A former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has expressed his readiness to support the administration of the President -elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Clark said he would back Buhari like he did to the late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua.
He stated this in a congratulatory message he sent to Buhari, who defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election.
He said, “I congratulate you and reassure you that as you get to commence the process of peaceful transition and government, you will have my full support, as a man who strongly believes in the unity of Nigeria. Just as I supported our most respected late President, Umaru Yar’Adua and his successor, President Jonathan as long as you will at all times uphold the dignity of Nigeria and those things that bind us together as one united country.
“Remember that part of our old National Anthem which says ‘Though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand.’
“This was exactly what the late Nelson Mandela of South Africa stood for, and the late Martin Luther King Jnr. of the United States of America fought and died for.”
The elder statesman said he was happy that the President accepted the outcome of the election, an action he said disappointed the nation’s detractors both within and outside the country.
Clark, however, insisted that every Nigerian must be treated equally and respected
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