2015 For Jonathan Is Not Negotiable-Edwin Clark

Elder Statesman and Ijaw leader,Edwin Clark and other South-South leaders,Elders and Chiefs have declared that other parts of the nation will have to wait for President Jonathan to complete his constitutionally guaranteed terms as 2015 was not negotiable.Clark spoke yesterday at the 2014 induction/inauguration of BOT of the South-South Elders,he said"I think one of the major problems facing us in this country is the issue of settler and indegene.In this country,nobody is superior to the other.Abuja does not belong to anybody,it belongs to all of us.The money used to develop Abuja came from the South-South.Because we are Nigeria,we accepted.Nobody owns it more than the other.Anybody is entitled to contest for any election in Abuja,nobody owns this place.The problem with the militants started in 1998,somebody invited the South-South youths to Abuja,and they saw bridges built on land whereas,in their waters they are no bridges.They went back and started the militancy.

Speaking further,the former Federal Commissioner said"Don't exclude us from the scheme of things,Nigeria belongs to all of us,don't practice double standard.In 1983,we voted enmass for Shagari and he stayed for 8 years,it was Buhari who removed him.In 1999,they said because of what they did to Abiola,they said they should compensate the South-West,and Obasanjo was brought out from Yola Prison and he was only having 20,000 naira in his account and today he is one of the richest man in Nigeria.And today he is claiming to be innocent.We cannot continue to feed this country and we are not ruling the country.When Obasanjo wanted Yar'Adua to become President,he blackmailed everybody.

"How many of the northeners came to me to say that Jonathan should step down and allow the north to finish their four year term and i told them you are not well.People thought that we from South-South are second class citizens and we say no.When we reply critics,they say we are enemies of Jonathan"

Well spoken i must say.