The Cross River State Government says no part of the state will be ceded to Cameroon anymore, in the name of fulfilling the implementation of the 2002 International Court Justice ICJ judgement.
Emmanuel Ironbar, Chief of Staff to state Governor Bassey Otu said this when he represented the governor at the public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the land tussle between Danare and Biajua communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State and the Republic of Cameroon.
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According to Ironbar, the state was yet to recover from the consequences of the loss of Bakassi and its 76 oil wells which he believes can be revisited, urging the committee to invite relevant stakeholders involved in the loss of the oil rich peninsula to get to the root of the matter.
Addressing the stakeholders and the press at the public hearing, chairman of the committee, Honourable Beni Lar, joined by other members of the committee said the Committee’s mission was to visit Danara and meet with relevant stakeholders over the disputed land.
The House of Representatives had passed a resolution on Wednesday July 5 , 2023 on the need to investigate the remote and recent circumstances leading to the looming International boundary disputes between Nigeria and Cameroon.
Editor Oloyede Oworu
