Kiwi dies in Nigerian car accident
PA Wellington A former Masterton man who had been developing rural areas of Nigeria was killed in a car accident on Friday. Mr Mathew David Clarke, aged 41, died when the car in which he was a passenger careered off the road when a front tyre blew out. His brother, Dr lain Clarke, said
outback roads in Nigeria were known to be treacherous. Mr Clarke, who went to school in Masterton and earned a degree in business administration at Massey University, was appointed by Dalgety and Company, Ltd, stock and station agents, to a British company involved in extensive development work in Africa in 1975, Dr Clarke
A year later he set up his own development company, OspreyClarke, Ltd, and worked on the west coast of Africa before settling in Lagos. His development projects including building roads, hospitals and schools. He was to marry a Nigerian woman next month.
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