Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of a prominent Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Clark, a former federal commissioner for information, died on Monday in Abuja.

The Ijaw leader was 97 years old and hailed from Kiagbodo, a community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria's South-South.

Reacting, Mr Tinubu, in a statement on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga, described the death of Mr Clark as "a deeply sobering loss."

The president said the Ijaw leader lived an illustrious life marked by dedicated service to Nigeria and his community as a councillor, state and federal cabinet member.

He said the deceased ...