2023 Presidency: I will support Saraki if…. — Edwin Clark

Foremost Ijaw National Leader, Pa Edwin Clark, has given the condition that upon which he will support the Presidential ambition of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

According to the elder statesman, he will only throw his weight behind the former Kwara State governor if there is no consensus on a Southern candidate.

He also described Senator Saraki as “the best for Nigeria.”

Clark stated this when the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Contact and Advocacy Council, led by its National Chairman, Iyorwuese Hagher, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.

The group had visited Clark to inform him of the plan by the Saraki to contest in the 2023 Presidential election.

The group emphasized the need for a nationwide cohesion through the emergence of a Presidential candidate who, over time, has shown character and competence to deliver on national issues.

Clark, on his part, elucidated the need to present a credible candidate who understands the dynamics in every part of Nigeria, citing the fact that Saraki possessed all the qualities.

He particularly lauded the sterling performance of Saraki in the 8th Senate, while emphasising that if the Southern part of the country fails to produce a consensus candidate, he would support Saraki’s Presidential ambition.

“We have been agitating for the Presidency to be zoned to the South. However, if we fail to come up with a consensus candidate in the South, I will have no option but to support Dr. Bukola Saraki,” Clark declared.