Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has extended his profound condolences to the family of renowned poet and playwright, Prof. John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo who died on Tuesday.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, Governor Okowa stated that the literary world had lost an enigma whose works would continue to dominate the contemporary Nigerian society.
“On behalf of the government and people of Delta State, I commiserate with the Clark family over the passing of Professor John Pepper Clark.”
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“I pray God grants his immediate family, the Ijaw nation and lovers of literature, the strength to bear the loss,” Governor Okowa said.