Abuja — The Federal Government has promised to take appropriate action against attacks on Nigerians resident in Bakassi by the Camerounian gendarmes.
Speaking with State House correspondents, in Abuja, after the meeting of the Presidential Committee on the plight of the Displaced Bakassi People, the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, said government was studying reports on the attack and would take appropriate action.
"As a good player on the international scene, Nigeria has subscribed to the Green Tree Agreement and on our own part we will continue to abide by the provisions of the agreement.
"For one reason or the other, resulting from skirmishes here and there, the Camerounian Gendarmes have attacked some innocent Nigerians.
"That report, is being presented to government and the Nigerian government will take appropriate action to redress the situation," he said.
Comrade Moro called on the people of Bakassi to remain calm as government was determined to ensure that they are not left to their fate as government was taking every step to ensure their safety in the peninsula.
On the activities of the Presidential Committee on the Displaced Bakassi People, the minister said an interim progress report has been presented to the Vice President with a promise that the final report would be ready soon.
He assured that the Displaced Bakassi people would find succor in the recommendations of the Committee, which would be implemented by the Federal Government.
"I think at the moment we should not be attempting to segment solutions. The present crisis that we find in Bakassi, is a Nigerian crisis and Nigerian Government is taking every step in conjunction with State Governments to address the situation.
"So, the right thing to do is to look up to decision of government as to what to do with the Bakassi people, because the Bakassi people are Nigerians."
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Govt claim that Bakassi people are Nigerians is deceitful. If they were really Nigerians Obasanjo wouldn't have sold their ancestral land to Elf France. Rtd. Gen. Yakubu Gowon leased the peninsula to Cameroun under the control of his brother defunct Pres. Ahmadou Ahidjo to intercept provisions to Biafran soldiers through the bite-of-biafra. But OBJ in 2002 sold the land of the Effics to France in 2002
The people of Bakassi should defend themselves and don't believe any deceit promise from either Nigerian or Cameroun govt. Both nations are under siege by kleptocratic leaders. The solution is to join the fight for Ambazonia / Federal Republic of Anglophone Cameroon. Kleptocrats and Multinational companies in Extraction industry are ganged-up on evicting and displacing people in Africa for natural resources. Bakassi should team up with MEND fighter from the creek of the Niger-Delta to deal ruthlessly with these enemies of Black-man