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Nigerian Poet, J.P Clark is Dead
Nigeria’s enowned poet and Emeritus Professor of Literature, John Pepper Clark is dead.
News reaching 9ja today says Nigeria’s renowned poet and Emeritus Professor of Literature, John Pepper Clark is dead.
The family announced his demise in a statement signed by his Prof. C. C. Clark for the family and Ilaye Clark, for the children.
The statement reads “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark, has finally dropped his pen in the early hours of today, Tuesday, 13 October, 2020.
“Prof. J. P. Clark has paddled on to the great beyond in comfort of his wife, children and sibling, around him.
“The family appreciates your prayers at this time. Other details will be announced later by the family”.
The late Professor was a native of Kiagbodo, Burutu council area of Delta state. He is one of Nigeria’s foremost anglophone dramatists and poets.
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