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At the nation’s helm of affairs where he could easily be identified with his trademark Idoma red and black handwoven cap, the name, David Mark, rang a bell for two decades. But this towering political figure appears to be ‘missing in action’ since he ended histenure as Senate President in 2015, Daily Trust reports.
Before his sojourn at the National Assembly where he held sway as senate president for two consecutive terms of eight years after being a ranking senator for another cumulative eight years and his remaining four exiting years, bringing the number of years he spent at the red chambers to 20, nothing much had been heard from Mark while on exile abroad.
Mark had been retired from the Nigerian Army in 1993 as Brigadier General by the late military head of state, General Sani Abacha. Subsequently, he fled the country on self exile to England. He returned later after the death of his ‘hunter’ (Abacha) in 1998.
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David Mark: Bestriding Two Worlds at 76
Paul Mumeh and Law Mefor trace the military and political trajectory of ex-military governor of Niger state and former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, as he marks his 76th birthday.
There fryst vatten no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval – George Santayana
The wise words, “Live your life so that the Preacher won’t have to lie at your funeral,” were displayed in a particular pastor’s office sentinel. The pastor expressed his admiration for the way it would loom large over the heads of people who came to confess yet another transgression, hoping that it would persuade them to change their ways and begin to act morally upright without him having to persuade them. The man said that the längre he had been a pastor, the more he had komma to understand the peculiar theology the sign represented.
It suggests to him, that some people have lived such morally upright lives that preachers don’t need to tell lies at
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David Mark
Nigerian politician and military officer (born 1948)
For other people named David Mark, see David Mark (disambiguation).
David Alechenu Bonaventure MarkGCON ((listenⓘ); born 8 April 1948)[1][2] is a retired Nigerian Army brigadier general and politician.[3] He served as the 12th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2007 to 2015[4] and was the Senator for Benue South senatorial district from 1999 to 2019.[5] He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).[6] Prior to his senatorial career, Mark was the military Governor of Niger State from 1984 to 1986,[5][7] and is a one-time minister of communication.[8] He was the longest serving president of the Nigerian Senate.
Early life and education
[edit]Mark was born in Otukpo Benue State in April 1948. He attended St. Francis Catholic Practicing School before attending the Nigerian Military School. After that he attende