Benin — FOR ceding Nigerian territory to another country without legislative approval, Save Nigeria Group, SNG, has called for the trial of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his accomplices for treason against the people of Nigeria.
It said President Goodluck Jonathan should face the same fate if he refuses to appeal the International Court for Justice, ICJ, judgment on Bakassi.
Meanwhile, with few days to the expiration of the window allowed by ICJ for Nigeria to appeal the decision ceding Bakassi peninsula to Cameroun, National Coordinator of South-South Ideological Forum, Mr.Goodnews Eichie, has called on President Jonathan to immediately appeal against the decision in view of recent facts emerging that the peninsula belongs to the country.
He said: "The President should immediately appeal against the ICJ ruling ceding Bakassi to Cameroun in exercise of his fundamental functions and oath of office, which he swore to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria and because not doing so is not carrying out his duties as reflected in the oath he took."
SNG, in a statement in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, by its National President, Dr. Philip Ugbodaga, said: "We express our utter disappointment with the Nigerian National Assembly for waiting so long before passing a motion urging President Jonathan to appeal the ICJ judgment on Bakassi. It is the height of legislative complacency that the Senate waited till now to bare its fangs."
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Obasanjo ceded Bakassi to Cameroun to conform with agreement made between Cameroun and Nigeria during Nigeria/Biafra civil war in which Cameroun lost many soldiers in Bakassi peninsula intercepting supplies and logistics from Republic of Gabon to the Biafra.
Nigerians now calling for reclaim and revocation of the agreement because Oil has been discovered in the peninsula. If Obasanjo and cronies claim they ceded the land base on Colonial treaties, he Obasanjo knows the Calabar people have been living in the land before Europe invaded Africa
It is only in Nigeria that people are deprived their right to vote or discuss issues that concern them otherwise the people living in the Bakassi peninsula deserve the right to vote in a referendum which country they wish to join.
May be Bakassi people want to be independent from both countries. Is Luxembourg not independent from Belgium, France, and Germany? What about Swaziland? The Calabar people should not wait for clueless Nigerian kleptocratic govt to decide their fate
Thank God we have a body that can reason in this manner. It is the right time we do something to avoid future regret. Our government should have known this and not waiting to be pushed by any before taking a drastic decision.