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Bakassi - Raid And Injury


Leadership (Abuja)


EDITORIAL
18 June 2008
Posted to the web 18 June 2008


Cameroon has finally taken over Bakassi peninsula that once belonged to
Nigeria. Some 50, 000 Nigerians have become refugees in their own country. The
map of Nigeria has been altered forever, thanks to the recklessness of the
Obasanjo Administration and the failure of the National Assembly to reject the
illegal act.

A militia from the Nigerian side was said to have attacked and killed some
Cameroonian soldiers; in retaliation, Cameroonian gendarmes reportedly invaded
some villages in the area, killing and abducting hundreds of Nigerians last
Monday. Even residents of New Bakassi (created in Cross River State for the
displaced persons) have fled in fear of the rampaging Cameroonian authorities.
Nigerian security forces are not there to protect them.



If funds for resettling the Nigerians have been released, they should be
accounted for. The Nigerian government should send a strong warning to Cameroon
and urge it to release all Nigerians held in its illegal detention camps. It is
also necessary to arrest and prosecute Obasanjo and others that implemented the
ruling of the International Court of Justice without obtaining the approval of
the legislature as required by the constitution.


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