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Jonathan sets up committee to review ICJ judgement on Bakassi
Home Latest news Jonathan sets up committee to review ICJ judgement on
Bakassi
October 4, 2012 By Editor In Latest news No Comment
The panel will review the judgment and decide the propriety of handing
over the disputed area to neighbouring Cameroon
President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a committee to look at the
option of appealing the judgement of the International Court of Justice
(ICJ) on the Bakassi peninsula.
The decision was reached at a meeting between the President, the
leadership of the National Assembly and other stakeholders at the State
House in Abuja.
The Senate President, Senator David Mark, said this morning that the
executive arm of government and the lawmakers were now on the same page
on the Bakassi issue. He said they would work together to achieve
results.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting which
started late Wednesday night ended in the early hours of Thursday.
Cross River's governor, Liyel Imoke, told State House correspondents
after the meeting that the committee would also consider how to take
care of the displaced people of Bakassi.
Mr. Imoke, who did not disclose the composition of the committee, said
it would work within a specified time.
NAN reports that Nigeria has an Oct. 9 deadline to appeal the ICJ
ruling which ceded the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to neighbouring
Cameroon was delivered on Oct. 10, 2002.
Mr. Imoke said Jonathan had shown great leadership quality by
convening the meeting and standing firm on some of the decisions taken.
Also speaking , the Senate President, Senator David Mark, said the
executive arm of government and the lawmakers were now on the same page
on the Bakassi issue.
He said they would work together to achieve results.
A former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Bola Ajibola, who
was at the meeting, said the federal government had shown candid
concern on the Bakassi issue.
He commended the move by government to follow dialogue, the rule of
law and diplomacy in ensuring that Nigeria gets justice and the people
were not wrongly dealt with.
Mr. Ajibola expressed optimism that the committee set up would handle
the matter accordingly and in good time.
NAN reports that the meeting was attended by Vice President Namadi
Sambo, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal,
and some other principal officers of the National Assembly.
Also in attendance were Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio, the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim,
and the Minister of Justice and AGF, Mohammed Adoke.
Some leaders and representatives of selected groups from Bakassi, as
well as presidential aides, were also in attendance.
NAN recalls that the Senate had last week unanimously passed a
resolution mandating the federal government to appeal the ICJ judgement
on Bakassi because of the new facts which had emerged over the matter.
The motion which gave rise to the resolution was sponsored by Sen.
Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central).
He had argued that it would be wrong for Nigeria not to appeal the
judgment because there was still opportunity to do so before the
statutory expiration time.
To members of the 'Save Bakassi Group' this is a welcome development
as they continue with their countdown to the expiry of the Appeal date.


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