Bakassi Peninsula - Going Back on Green Tree Agreement?

Posted to the web 22 July 2008 Stanley Udi The ceding of the oil rich Bakassi peninsula by the International Court of Justice sitting at Hague, during the last administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has drawn a lot of misgivings from Nigerians over the way and manner the government handled the issue. It would be recalled that after the verdict by the World Court, former President Obasanjo signed the agreement ceding Bakassi at Green Tree in a deal brokered by former UN scribe, Kofi Annan, with the assistance of the U.S. Britain and France in June 2006 and for which the UN provided money for the resettlement of the indigenes of the area who wished to relocate. However, the people directly affected by the judgement are not comfortable with being assimilated as Cameroonians and have been mounting pressure on the federal... [read full story]