El-Rufai & Atiku Visit Edwin Clark's Family: What's Behind the Headlines

Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, visited the family of the late elder statesman Edwin Clark on Friday alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

At the age of 97, Clark passed away on February 17, 2025.

On X, Atiku posted a video of the visit and said he prayed for the grieving family to find consolation.

He added, "Today, I led a delegation that included Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, @elrufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, on a condolence visit to the family of foremost statesman and nationalist, Chief Edwin Clark."

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"I offered up prayers for the man's family, whose work was characterized by his pan-Nigerian credentials."

Atiku said he reminded the bereaved family that Clark’s death was not only a loss to the family, PANDEF and the Niger Delta but the entire country “that he had adopted as his constituency.”

He added, “The best way to immortalise him is for our leaders to promote unity and inclusiveness for which he lived and died for. May his soul continue to rest in peace.”

At the family’s residence, El-Rufai said Atiku was responsible for the economic successes recorded during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

“Nobody gives Vice President Atiku Abubakar the credit for leading economic policy-making under the Obasanjo administration. Many of the things that we did…were under his leadership,” the ex-governor, who was FCT minister during President Obasanjo’s tenure, said.