JP Clark

President Muhammadu Buhari, governors and other eminent Nigerians have paid tributes to literary icon, Emeritus Prof. John Pepper Clark- Bekederemo, who joined his ancestors in the early hours on Tuesday. The prominent poet and playwright was born on December 3, 1933, in Kiagbodo, Delta State. A statement by the family read: “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…