Nigeria: Bakassi - 'FG's Failure to Appeal Against ICJ Judgment May Cause War'

3 October 2012

Calabar — BARELY seven days before the window of opportunity to appeal against International Court of Justice, IJC, judgment that ceded oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon expires, Cakebird Development Cooperation has said that the refusal of the Nigerian authorities to appeal the ruling could lead to war.

Meanwhile, Bishop of Calabar Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Tunde Adeleye, has advised the Federal Government to hasten the appeal and not allow any part of the country to go to another country, warning that nobody was afraid of war.

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