Elder Statesman and convener of Niger Delta Coastal States Monarchs, Leaders and Stakeholders Forum, Chief Edwin Clark lambasted Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation recently… “I am not struggling for leadership with anybody. If they come, I will receive them and tell them my mind. All I am struggling for is for the good of Niger Delta. At my age, God has blessed me with everything I want in this world. What do I want again?”

“I have said it repeatedly that I am at the departing lounge waiting for my boarding pass and there is nothing that will please me at this age than to leave behind a harmonious and focused Niger Delta. We are not fighting an Ijaw cause, it is a Niger Delta battle and I am too old to follow young men about. People like us will only sit at home to give them advice. I am not the leader of any group, I do not have any group. I only convened a meeting of Niger Delta Coastal states monarchs, leaders and stakeholders forum, which held in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State, on August 19, where the ethnic nationalities came up with a group, Pan-Niger Delta Consultative Forum, which the militants saw and accepted our plea to stop bombing and also gave us mandate to dialogue on their behalf with the Federal Government because the issues are known to us as Niger Delta leaders.”