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Nigeria loses Bakassi to Cameroun
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30 minutes from now, at exactly 11am, August 13, 2008, a major section of Bakkasi will become a part of Cameroun.

It is a painful process for Nigerians, especially the Bakassi people, who have lived, earned livelihood, spent Nigerian currency, has a local government of their own which is recognised and enshrined in the 1999 constitution, to now officially have their land and some of their people (if they choose to) to be ceded to Cameroun.

The road to this process has been a long and complex one. We went all the way to the international court where we lost the case. Nigeria gave her commitment to honour the court verdict by further signing a Greentree agreement at the United Nations several months ago.

No matter what happens, i salute the courage of our leaders for choosing peace instead of war in settling what could have turned into a diplomatic mess.

Bakkassi belonging to cameroun or not, its all about people. We need to ensure that the people who have lived in that region or their lives are comfortably resettled back in Nigeria, with little or no fuss at all.

On a lighter mood, i look forward to seeing what the new nigerian map would look like without bakassi, the shape of the map i learnt in my primary school is forever shaped in my memory.

August 13, 2008 | 5:33 AM Comments  0 comments

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