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.
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