Edwin Clark Says Buhari Can't Rule A Democratic Sta

Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday reportedly blasted the presidential candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd).


Chief Edwin Clark
The Ijaw elder statesman in a statement to the 22 aggrieved former governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa-Ibom State, berated Buhari, saying he is incapable of ruling a democratic state, The Nation reports.

Clark urged the politicians to whom he addressed his statement, not to desert the party for the APC, expressing optimism that the APC is an alliance that is not in the interest of Nigerians.

The Ijaw elder statesman, however, pointed out that the APC presidential candidate is today surrounded by controversies because of his “sordid past,” accusing him on surviving on ethnic and religious sentiments.

“It’s clear that apart from clinging to sectional, ethnic and religious sentiments, the APC presidential candidate has no idea of running a democratic state. Mohammadu Buhari is a personality drenched in controversy because of his sordid dark past; Nigeria is ahead of his puerile and barren ideology, which remains stagnant. The APC political marriage is about accomplishing selfish, personal desire rather than the wellbeing of Nigerians,” Clark said.

The prominent Ijaw leader, who pleaded with the aggrieved former PDP aspirants not to leave the party for the APC, told them he (Clark) was conversant with their case, promised them that President Goodluck Jonathan would right the wrong by repositioning the PDP.