Senate Probes Cameroon’s Alleged Annexation Of Nigerian Mangrove Islands
The Republic of Cameroon’s alleged annexation of the nation’s mangrove islands and maritime territories has been the focus of an ad-hoc committee headed by the Senate. In the upcoming two months, the committee will submit a report with the necessary recommendations.
The Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action to protect Nigeria’s territorial waters, including securing the more than 2,560 oil wells located in the disputed mangrove islands in Akwa Ibom State.
Additionally, the Senate leadership has agreed to talk with Tinubu directly to find diplomatic solutions.
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The urgency of what they referred to as a “provocation by the Republic of Cameroon” was emphasized by legislators during the plenary on Tuesday.
Senator Aniekan Bassey, who was in charge of the motion under Orders 41 and 51, expressed concern about the economic and territorial ramifications of Cameroon’s annexation of Nigerian territory.
Senator Bassey claimed that the mangrove islands, which are located in Akwa Ibom State’s Efiat and Mbo Local Government Area, were not included in the Anglo-Germany’s ceded territories, nor did the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have ruled in October 2002.
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He lamented Cameroonian security forces’ “monumental national embarrassment” over the ensuing “monumental national embarrassment” against Nigerians living in 16 ancestral villages in the affected areas.
Source: Channels TV
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