{"id":4776,"date":"2025-02-18T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T10:08:22","slug":"lights-out-for-edward-clark-pandef-leader-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/lights-out-for-edward-clark-pandef-leader-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights out for Edward Clark, PANDEF leader, 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4777\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-3-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-3-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OIP-3.jpeg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clark<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF,\u00a0\u00a0is dead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He died on Monday, February 17, 2025, aged 97 years, barely days after another elder statesman and leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere,\u00a0Chief Ayo Adebanjo, died at the age of 96 years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe death of the renowned Nigerian statesman\u00a0was contained in a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark for the family and Mr. Penawei Clark for the children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce the passing of Chief (Dr.) Sen. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark OFR, CON on Monday, 17th February 2025,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family appreciates your prayers at this time. Other details will be announced later by the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark By Publisher Kindly share: Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF,\u00a0\u00a0is dead. 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