Before and After: The sour, and really sweet, things Edwin Clarke said about Buhari, Jonathan
Change is here!
Come to think of it, even PR changed. It died and was buried on Tuesday.
So why shouldn’t Papa Edwin Clarke?
The old man is perhaps the most vibrant and outspoken supporter of former President Goodluck Jonathan…well, that was before President Muhammadu Buhari’s change virus invaded Clarke’s world, or so it now seems.
This was Mr Clarke in January 2015:
(Olusegun) Obasanjo is defending him (Buhari) because he wants the APC to win. How much corruption have you found in Jonathan that you are calling him corrupt? If a man (Buhari) you dissolved his committee (PTF) could not account for N25billion and you are now saying that man is not corrupt, then Buhari and Obasanjo are the same. They are in a marriage of convenience just to remove Jonathan.
About eight months ago, Clarke also had the following to say:
It’s clear that apart from clinging to sectional, ethnic and religious sentiments, the APC presidential candidate has no idea of running a democratic state. Mohammadu Buhari is a personality drenched in controversy because of his sordid dark past; Nigeria is ahead of his puerile and barren ideology, which remains stagnant. The APC political marriage is about accomplishing selfish, personal desire rather than the wellbeing of Nigerians.
Fast forward to October of the same year, that’s months after Buhari trounced Goodluck Jonathan at the polls, and you get the all new Clarke.
We are all to support him (Buhari), particularly in his determination to eradicate corruption in Nigeria. Jonathan didn’t have the political will-power to fight corruption. He’s too a gentleman. Drivers of yesterday are living in palatial buildings now under his government. In advanced countries, when you are living above your means, people query you. That’s not so in Nigeria. Former governors and lawmakers are now asking for immunity. Jonathan meant well for this country, but the will power to fight corruption was not there.
Jonathan’s loyalist, and “enemies” can’t believe it. Even journalists can’t believe it.
Twitter bears them witness.
Take Edwin Clark's talks serious and you are liable to be very disappointed. He was part of the people that subterfuged GEJ during his reign
— Mr El-Bonga™ (@el_bonga) October 8, 2015Oh dear, our country is comedy central. Chief Edwin Clark leaves PDP and blasts GEJ. After all he benefited from GEJ? How nauseating 😋😲😤
— Uwem Inyang (@cameoses) October 8, 2015President Jonathan's loyalists (The Wailers) on hearing the comments made by Pa Edwin Clark. pic.twitter.com/qDwyeKpqD7
— Chidi (@HLemchi) October 8, 2015Edwin Clark leaves PDP, say Jonathan too gentle to fight corruption and supports President Buhari's anti-corruption. pic.twitter.com/1uFNvlPHEJ
— NTA News (@NTANewsNow) October 8, 2015Edwin Clark: he knows that he has rant above his voice, No remedy for him in party again. What a shame! Old.........
— Hon. ASP (@sheynene) October 8, 2015Edwin Clark was one of the problems of GEJ administration with his reckless statements like "There will be trouble if GEJ is not re-elected"
— Oke Umurhohwo (@stalyf) October 8, 2015I really do not see Pa Edwin Clark's retirement from politics as a setback for PDP but rather a necessary realignment that must happen.
— Demola Olarewaju (@DemolaRewaju) October 8, 2015Edwin Clark knew this, but still pressed for a continuation for him. We need to be weary of his kind 😰 pic.twitter.com/X1VscdSSQk
— HENRY Okelue (@4eyedmonk) October 8, 2015God tried for Nigeria this year sha. He delivered us from the shackles of people like Chief Edwin Clark. Thank God indeed.
— Dipo Awojide (@OgbeniDipo) October 7, 2015As Pa Edwin Clark quits PDP, we thank him for ensuring that the development in the Niger Delta was minimal @aligthebaptist @ogundamisi
— J. Onos (@jazzpriestess) October 7, 2015Seeming like the wind of change caught up with Edwin Clarke.
— Rotimi Akinola (@akinolarj) October 8, 2015