Edwin Clark’s Will Leaves Out 3 Wives

The late elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark’s will is out. And in it, the former Ijaw National Leader left out three of his wives because they had left him a long time ago.
According to a report by Society Watch, “The deceased left behind billions of naira in several banks, and properties scattered all over the country. However, Clark reportedly deliberately left his three wives in the cold, as they are not included among the beneficiaries of his vast estate in the Will prepared in October 2022.”
Reading the Will titled “The Last Will and Testament of Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark” to family members in June 2025, M. A. Akujobi (Miss) of M. A. Akujobi & Co., Head of Chambers, Legal Practitioners, Effurun/Warri, Delta State, stated that Mrs. Elizabeth Kofo Clark, Mrs. Theresa Clark and Abisola Sodipo-Clark shall not be beneficiaries.
The reason, it is stated in the Will, is simply because they had been “constructively” divorced and did not live with him for a long time before his death.
It was also revealed that the late Clark appointed Dr. C. C. Clark, Mrs. Koshare Clark-Omoudoye, Prof. Victor Esekumemu Clark, and Barr. Andrew A. Bekederemo, all of the late Chief Bekederemo-Ogein family of Kiagbodo Town in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, to be the Executors of the Will.
The will stated that the beneficiaries shall be his 15 children.
The late Clark also directed that all his nephews and nieces, who are presently benefitting from him, either by way of funding their education, employment, or otherwise, will continue to enjoy such benefits from his estate, if they are still alive until they complete their tertiary education; and those in employment or any other position shall live on their own or those who have been removed due to dishonest practice or through reasons that may be given or decided by the Executors.
He directed that his “property, building and/or residence in Kiagbodo and/or every other building owned by him or identified by him and/or others to be his should be treated as a family house where all his children shall have access to and take abode whenever they visit Kiagbodo.”
However, he inserted a caveat to the effect that “a child who neglects, refuses, fails and or omits to visit Kiagbodo consecutively in three years will/shall forfeit his/her right to the benefits accruing and accruable to such a child from his estate/property wherever such property may be situate for a period of three years and/or until he/she fulfils my wish as above herein stated/directed, excepting such beneficiaries resident outside Nigeria.”