It is now two years since the Obasanjo administration conceded the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. However, to its displaced indigenes it still seems like yesterday and they are now calling for the arraignment of the former Nigerian leader before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Their reasons?
For crimes against humanity, for alleged shoddy handling of the implementation of the Green Tree Agreement to give effect to the controversial judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague.
Faced with immediate extinction of their culture, denial of access to their means of livelihood and a homeland that defines their collective identity and existence, notable indigenes of Bakassi are accusing Obasanjo and the former UN Secretary General Mr. Koffi Anan, of committing crimes more serious than that of Sudanese President Omar Bashir and the former Liberian war lord, Mr. Charles Taylor.
Since the implementation of the Green Tree Agreement (GTA) on August 14, 2008, to give effect to the ruling of the ICJ verdict on the sovereignty of Bakassi Peninsula, the indigenes have remained in quandary over their nationality and source of livelihood.
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee report
Sunday Vanguard reported that a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Bakassi, Mr Joe Etene, says that the fear that the 'Senate Foreign Affairs Committee report' might indict Obasanjo and other prominent politicians who participated in what he called hushed implementation of the GTA to cede Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, is the main reason the committee has kept the report in the cooler.
He said, “For over 16 months now, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has failed Nigerians, the people of Bakassi and also failed God by refusing to release the report of its public hearing on the Bakassi Peninsula”.
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| Fmr General Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo |
For crimes against humanity, for alleged shoddy handling of the implementation of the Green Tree Agreement to give effect to the controversial judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague.
Faced with immediate extinction of their culture, denial of access to their means of livelihood and a homeland that defines their collective identity and existence, notable indigenes of Bakassi are accusing Obasanjo and the former UN Secretary General Mr. Koffi Anan, of committing crimes more serious than that of Sudanese President Omar Bashir and the former Liberian war lord, Mr. Charles Taylor.
Since the implementation of the Green Tree Agreement (GTA) on August 14, 2008, to give effect to the ruling of the ICJ verdict on the sovereignty of Bakassi Peninsula, the indigenes have remained in quandary over their nationality and source of livelihood.
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee report
Sunday Vanguard reported that a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Bakassi, Mr Joe Etene, says that the fear that the 'Senate Foreign Affairs Committee report' might indict Obasanjo and other prominent politicians who participated in what he called hushed implementation of the GTA to cede Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, is the main reason the committee has kept the report in the cooler.
He said, “For over 16 months now, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has failed Nigerians, the people of Bakassi and also failed God by refusing to release the report of its public hearing on the Bakassi Peninsula”.
obj seem to be a worldwide sacred cow, else y wld a man who committed such heinous crimes against his pple back home be recognised on the international stage and compared wit the likes of nelson mandela.
ReplyDeletehaba, who dash am that levels???
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