{"id":90262,"date":"2021-12-28T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90262"},"modified":"2021-12-28T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T11:29:02","slug":"i-dont-hate-niger-delta-obasanjo-replies-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-dont-hate-niger-delta-obasanjo-replies-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t hate Niger Delta, Obasanjo replies Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1720387909540673126\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he had never shown anger or distraught to the Niger Delta region or any part of the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nObasanjo said this and more in response to Chief Edwin Clark\u2019s accusation that he (Obasanjo\u2019s) disdain and insincerity for the people of Niger Delta have not in any way reduced.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress, INC, had written an open letter to Obasanjo.<\/p>\n<p>In it he said Obasanjo\u2019s comments that the oil found in the Niger Delta does not belong to the people of the region represents his continuous arrogant stance and disposition against Niger Delta.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obasanjo had, at a peace and security parley convened by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja, attacked the National Secretary of the INC, Ebipamowei Wodu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, replying in a letter dated December 28, Obasanjo said what Clark called an outburst is his(Obasanjo\u2019s) way of getting people\/listeners\u2019 attention.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn the letter titled \u201cMy response to the open letter by Clark\u201d, Obasanjo said: \u201cLet me proceed with the most basic constitutional fact that you cannot have two entities in a sovereign State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that those who purchase crude from Nigeria enter into contractual relationship with Nigeria and not the Niger Delta.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe addressed the issue of hatred for the region: \u201cI have never shown any anger, distraught with Niger Delta region nor any part of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the languages you have deployed to describe me in your letter are offensive, uncouth and I totally and completely rejected them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI am not inconsistent, hypocritical, unstatesman, and nor am I anybody\u2019s lackey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou use your own yardstick to judge others. I hope you think and adjust. Negotiation achieves better results than dictation.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he had never shown anger or distraught to the Niger Delta region or any part of the country. 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