Expdonaloaded News; Nigeria may lose more communities to Cameroun

THERE are strong indi­cations that Nigeria may lose more communities to Cameroon if the on-going international boundary de­marcation between the two countries is not put on hold.
An indication to this emerged recently following the alarm raised by Bakassi Emancipation Movement, alleging plans by the com­mittee handling the demar­cation exercise to cede more territories in Cross River and Adamawa states to her neighbouring Cameroon.
Leader of the group, Mr. Andem Antigha, who also called on President Mu­hammadu Buhari to take a second look at the Bakassi issue, insisted that the oil-rich peninsula was an in­ternational conspiracy as it had thrown the people into unforgettable life trauma.
Since last year, the ac­tivities of United Nations Nigeria/Cameroon Mixed Commission regarding the on-going boundary adjust­ment have been mired in controversies as Bashua and Danare communities in the Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have cried foul over plot to cede them to Cameroon.
In order to allay the fears of Nigerians, Antigha urged President Buhari to inter­vene by halting ongoing boundary demarcations in the country.
He said, “President Mu­hammadu Buhari should take a second look at the Bakassi issue and put a halt to the current boundary de­marcation exercise between Nigeria and Cameroon from Lake Chad to Bakassi be­cause Nigeria is losing more territories in Adamawa and Cross River states to the Re­public of Cameroon.
“If we don’t act fast what happened in Bakassi penin­sula would repeat itself even though it should not have been ceded to Cameroon in the first place because ICJ judgements are not binding and enforceable,” he said.
Antigha, pointed out that the ICJ had adjudicated on boundary disputes be­tween United States and Cuba over Guantanamo Bay, Britain and Argentina on Falkland Islands, India and Pakistan over Kashmir province, among others, but the judgments were never implemented while nothing happened.
He equally called on Buhari to re-visit ceding 76 oil wells to neighbouring Akwa Ibom State, lament­ing that the losses incurred by Cross River in recent years was enormous.