Acting President visits Oscar Clarke

Jan 31, 2013 News

 
Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, who is performing the duties of President, yesterday visited People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) General Secretary, Oscar Clarke, who is hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), nursing gunshot wounds to his leg and groin.

The Prime Minister visits Oscar Clarke.

Clarke, who is a patient in the High-Dependency Unit at the GPHC, survived a brazen robbery at his home Tuesday night.
Clarke, a former Minister of Home Affairs, considered himself a lucky survivor when he recalled the near death experience to Prime Minister. Hinds expressed best wishes for a speedy recovery to the opposition’s General Secretary.
Clarke showed the Prime Minister lacerations he suffered to his head after he was repeatedly gun butted by one of the two bandits who ambushed him. He also showed the wounds he sustained from the gunshots after he attempted to retaliate.
He recalled trying to engage his assailants in conversation to ascertain the motive behind the attack even as he was being struck in the head repeatedly by the robbers whom he believes were trying desperately to render him unconsciousness before carrying out the robbery.
“I’m a fighter; they couldn’t knock me out,” Clarke told the Prime Minister who commended him for his valiance.
One of the bullets is still lodged in Clarke’s leg but he was told that there is no need to worry.
Meanwhile, the Mayor and City Council has expressed concern about the incident in which Councillor, Oscar Clarke was shot at his home, in Plum Park, Sophia.
The Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green said, “It is a shame that our society has deteriorated to this level. Obviously it is a question of security.”  Green is calling on the competent authorities to enhance their strategies to protect all Guyanese and to secure our society.
The statement added that Clarke is the Chairman of the municipality’s Personnel and Training Committee, and Deputy Chairman of the Council’s Finance Committee.
“Citizens will recall that a few months ago, Deputy Mayor, Ms. Patricia Chase- Greene, had a similar experience when bandits invaded her home,” the statement added.
The entire municipality remains confident that Councilor Clarke will recover.