There is a hunch, judging by the theatric around the Bakassi, that some politicians that may be under the influence of foreign powers are trying to drag the country progresasively and surreptitously into all out war with the Cameroons counting on the weakness of the leadership in the country. The people should avoid being gullible and shout and cry out for deliverance to avoid being subjected into an unnecessary war. LONG LIVE NIGERIA AND LONG LIVE PEACE.

Gen. Aziz and Comm.Izioba had made clear the security and economic implications of this GTA agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon. Further the ex-president did not employ the services of his military big wigs on this issue. One will wonder what compelled the ex-president to make this decision of ceding the bakassi area without the knoeledge of senators and top military personell who are good in intelligence. The best thing we can do at the moment is to provide evidence to how security will be disrupted by ceding bakassi. One is the security aspect in Calabar, disruption of trade flow in Calabar and environ,vulnerability of Nigeria to foreign attack from that area if our Naval personel dont know what is going on there. I think the senate should file an appeal against the decision of the ICJ. I think the ex-president made a big mistake going it alone on such vital decision that pertains to the security of the country, one wonders what he gained from reaching this decision and i know not for the benefit of the country. Showed he did not have the interest of Nigeria at heart when he made this decision. I think the senate should look into what transpired in this case that made the ex-president make such decision.

Regional security was not considered before GTA agreement was signed between Nigeria and Cameroon.immediate past aministration solely engineered by General Coward ,lied ,conspired with collaborators to signed treaty that undermine the regional security of Nigeria.biased ruling by the ICJ indicated the conspiracy theory of the issues.ICJ itself knew the possible nautical conflict that might arise in decision of ceding the bakassi area to Cameroon. This decision is entirely rejected based on the need to repel and reject issues that might generate to a generation dispute,Nigeria should look into this not to compromise its sovereignty ,security ,history ,culture,tradition ,resources,economy and unity.Fed gov should consider the safety of the future generation.why shy away from your responsiblity?please take note that you cant escape responsiblity can be postponed but cant not be avoided,reappeal this whole priciple and refuse this ICJ prejudice ruling.future generation will probe our grave.

Application by anyone to a Nigerian court to void a judgment of the ICJ, while an expression of freedom of speech, begs of intellectual dishonesty given the well settled principle of jurisprudence that a lower court cannot review a decision of a higher court. In fact, the lower court in this case, a Nigerian High Court, is bound by the decision of the higher court, the ICJ, recognized as such by the sovereign. Similarly, the suggestion that “the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, did not consult the military before the cession of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon,” should somehow invalidate a Judgment of the ICJ is perplexing, irrespective of any security concerns. The last time any one checked, Nigeria was a constitutional democracy and not a military regime.

Former President Obasanjo did not relinquish Bakassi or caused a cession of any territory under Nigerian sovereign jurisdiction to Cameroon. When he signed the GTA on June 12, 2006, Bakassi was already internationally recognized as within the sovereign jurisdiction of Cameroon. Indeed, the GTA provides; “Nigeria recognizes the sovereignty of Cameroon over the Bakassi Peninsula in accordance with the [sic] judgment of the International Court of Justice of 10 October 2002 in the matter of land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroon and Nigeria recognize the land and maritime boundary between the two countries as delineated by the Court and commit themselves to continuing the process of implementation already begun.” Consistent with the clear understanding of the parties, “No part of this [sic] GTA shall be interpreted as a renunciation by Cameroon of its sovereignty over any part of its territory.

Thus, the GTA does not convey any land to Cameroon, but was rather intended to be a guide for the implementation of the judgment of the International Court of Justice of October 10, 2002. Specifically, “This Agreement shall in no way be construed as an interpretation or modification of the judgment of the International Court of Justice of 10 October 2002, for which the Agreement only sets out the modalities of implementation [emphasis added]. The GTA is not a treaty permitting cession of Bakassi by Nigeria to Cameroon, but an embodiment of the modalities by which the administration of the peninsular by Nigeria would be transferred to Cameroon. The scope of the GTA is, therefore, analogous to an instructional mechanism for the consolidation of the de facto and de jure sovereignty of Cameroon over its own territory.

That Nigerians should sit and watch supinely as their compatriots in the Bakassi peninsula are tossed out to Cameroon with a stroke of the pen is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in peacetime! This cowardly act by a president who, not only was forced on Nigerians, but came in the guise of a born-again Christian clearly underscores Nigeria's continuous state of quandary.

Like many activities during his undemocratic 8-year tenure, Obasanjo's unilateral sacrifice of Bakassi for Cameroon would not have been possible if the region had included his own village of birth. Believe me, Obasanjo would not have ceded so easily an inch of Yoruba territory! Because, the like the Niger Delta, the people of Bakassi are expendable, and their resources, exploitable.

There is no international agreement that can compel a nation to cede part of its territory to another even without the consent of the people directly affected. People often forget that Southern Cameroon was initially and originally an integral part of Nigeria until a referendum was conducted and the people of southern Cameroon overwhelmingly voted to join Cameroon.

The people of Bakassi were never given the same opportunity to determine their own fate. Neither Nigeria under Obasanjo nor the world court thought it useful or humane to involve the people of Bakassi in the so-called decision.

Ordinary Nigerians are not unaware of France's bad intentions for Nigeria dating back to before the secessionist war in Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. Go ask one of Nigeria's most principled but uncelebrated top army brass, Gen. David Ejoor about the great injustice occasioned by Obasanjo's act of betrayal in the Bakassi saga, and you'll be pointed to where to find relevant documentations and other cogent, irrefutable evidence to the contrary.

There comes a time in the life of either a person or nation when defending one's honor and principle is inescapable. And I submit to you that Bakassi is one such circumstance.

Who says this foul, stinky world court decision is irrevocable? Especially so when in the considered opinion of our nation’s top military experts point out that the decision of the world court dangerously undermines Nigeria’s national security?

Nigeria should damn the decision of the world court and the consequence, and for once use the same army it needlessly unleashed on the peoples Odi, et al to defend once and for all, the Nigeria's honor if any, and principle! Now is the time for Nigeria to show its spine. If at all, it has one.

DIESOLE. PLEASE CORRECT YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF CSOUTHERN CAMEROONS HISTORY. THE CORRECT VERSION IS, THAT IN 1961, SOUTHERN CAMEROONS, WHICH HAD SINCE BEEN FIGHTINGFOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN, JOINLY RULED WITH NIGERIA. VOTED TO BECAME INDEPENDENT, IN A (FEDERAL STATE OF TWO EQUAL COUNTRIES) THOSE ARE THE WORDING USE TO EXPLAIN TO THE MASSES , BEFORE THEY VOTED,

AFTER12 YEARS, CAMEROUN RE-COLONISE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS BY MOVING ITS MILITARY CROSS THE BOUNDARY AND DECREEING FOR THE DEATH OF THE FEDERATION.

SOO SOUTHERN CAMEROONIANS BECAME MAD AND HAVE VER SINCE BEEN FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE, PAUL BIYA CAME IN 1982, AND INSTEAD REINFORCE THE FRENCH CAMEROUN COLONIAL OCCUPATIO AND ILLAGAL ADMINISTARTION OF SOUTHERN CAMEROONS, THROUGH THE USE OF ARMS. FROM FRANCE AND FRENCH SPEAKING PREFETS T FOREIGN TO SOUTHERN CAMEROONS SENT TO RULE THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE, THE SAME WAY THEY ARE TODAY TRING TO DO IN BAKASSI, ANDFRANCE CAN PASS CLEANLY THROUGH PAUL BIYA AND THE FRENCH BROTHER TO DRILL REE OIL, GAZ, AND AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN CAMEROONS WITHOUT ANSWERING TO THE LAND OWNERS.

THATS THE TRUE HISTORY, NO SOUTHERN CAMEROONINANS EVER VOTED TO JOIN A FOREIN FRENCH CULTURE TO BECAME ITS SLAVES, THEY VOTED TO BECAME INEPENDNT AND NOT A PROVINCE OR COLONY OF CAMEOUN