Nigeria's Parliament Wants Bakassi Ruling Reviewed

The House of Reprentatives has added its voice to the 'Cross River Elders Forum' call for a review of the International Court of Justice decision that handed Bakassi to the Republic of Cameroon.

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  • goderogee
    Jul 17 2012, 17:56
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    Nemesis has just started befalling the Government of cross river state...where were this so called cross river state elders before now?they dont care about the well being of the people but they want their oil..no proper resettlement of the people,no incentives,no care!Akwa ibom is better than cross river because they care about their people before their resources.cross river state elders should go to bed,they dont have a human face.they('wicked elders') should burry their faces in shame.

  • Trigger
    Jul 13 2012, 01:10
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    This is really disgusting and unfortunate, not because the 76 Oil wells are allocated to Akwa Ibom state, but because a Cross River state territory, which was administered by the Obong of Calabar for over 500 years, has been dishonestly given to Cameroon, using a corrupt minded ICJ mechanism and forgery. Even the court sitting in France was already a signal, that the ICJ will not be neutral in the case. Russia has been in land log with Japan since 1945 over the 4 Kuril and Sakhalin Islands, Britain and Argentina over an Island, and many other cases, even longer, but no one hurried to resolve these cases. Gen. Gowon was in power for 9 years and even after the civil war, he did not give the peninsula to the Cameroonians, as he was allegedly accused of promising. Accusation he denied several times. The Bakassi people defended their peninsula for centuries, but western democracy has become devastating to the people of Cross River State and the Bakassi people in particular. How can you enter somebody’s house in a broad day light and forcefully take over his land and properties? This is a 21st century injustice No1. 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibon is just a drop of water in the ocean, compared to the damages done to the Nigeria’s image, security and most especially, the pains inflicted on the weak, defenseless people, who rightfully inherited the peninsular from their forefathers. If Cross River State had nuclear weapons, a western court will never try this. This ICJ decision stinks and should be unacceptable by the Nigerian parliament. Personally, I will recommend the Cross Riverians not to give up, with the Peninsula, because I strongly believe that the real justice is still on the way. On the other hand, the administrations of both Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers states, to act wisely, as brothers engaging in mutual beneficial joint ventures in infrastructural development for their citizens. Finally, I will plead with the Government of Akwa Ibom state to join hands with our brothers in Cross River state to fight and dismiss that ICJ decision in the National Assembly. The 76 Oil wells are nothing to compare and we should not be bought so cheap. God bless Nigeria!

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