Why should I die because Jonathan lost an election? – Edwin Clark

by Kolapo Olapoju

Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says he has no reason to give up the ghost because President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential election.

Clark, who was a staunch supporter of the President, said rumours have been flying around that he collapsed when he heard the result of the presidential election.

He spoke with journalists on Friday, April 24, in Abuja, saying he decided to have the chat with journalists because he was travelling to London on the same day and he didn’t want a situation where the grapevine will be rife with rumours that he had been flown abroad in air ambulance.

Clark wondered why some people could be thinking he would die when it wasn’t him, but Jonathan that contested the election.

He said: “I am here today to tell you that I am not dead. Or am I dead? In every election, there would be winners and losers. The same thing happened during the last presidential election.

“I am alive. Today, I won’t talk about what happened before, during and after the election. That will come another day.

“I am talking to you now because I am travelling tomorrow and some people will go into the streets and say I was carried into air ambulance.

“President Jonathan that contested election had congratulated the winner and the whole world acclaimed him for conceding defeat. Jonathan was the one who contested election, I didn’t. So, why should I die.”

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