Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter of reply to Chief Edwin Clark, saying that he had never shown anger or distraught to the Niger Delta region or any part of the country.

Obasanjo said this after Clark alleged that Obasanjo still hated the people of Niger Delta like before.

Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress, INC, had sent an open letter to Obasanjo.

In the letter, Clark referred to Obasanjo’s comments that the oil found in the Niger Delta does not belong to the people of the region and said such comments signified his continuous arrogant stance and disposition against Niger Delta.

This was at a peace and security parley convened by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja where Obasanjo attacked the National Secretary of the INC, Ebipamowei Wodu.
However, in his reply in a letter dated December 28, Obasanjo said what Clark called an outburst is not one but his(Obasanjo’s) way of getting people/listeners’ attention.

In the letter titled “My response to the open letter by Clark”, Obasanjo said: “Let me proceed with the most basic constitutional fact that you cannot have two entities in a sovereign State.”

He also insisted that those who buy crude from Nigeria enter into contractual relationship with Nigeria and not the Niger Delta.   

In addressing the issue of hatred for the region, he wrote, “I have never shown any anger, distraught with Niger Delta region nor any part of Nigeria.

“Some of the languages you have deployed to describe me in your letter are offensive, uncouth and I totally and completely rejected them.

“I am not inconsistent, hypocritical, unstatesman, and nor am I anybody’s lackey.

“You use your own yardstick to judge others. I hope you think and adjust. Negotiation achieves better results than dictation.”

Below is the full letter:

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