Nigeria to Appeal ICJ Ruling on Bakassi-Peninsula

Nigeria to Appeal ICJ Ruling on Bakassi-Peninsula Posted By: t_ndi t_ndi Offline Send Email Thu Oct 4, 2012 11:39 pm | Options View Source Use Fixed Width Font Unwrap Lines 04 Oct 2012 Protesters over ICJ ruling President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria Thursday indicated readiness to appeal against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling which handed over Bakassi Peninsula, an oil rich area, to Cameroon about 10 years ago. President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday ordered a review of the ruling, about a week after the upper legislative chamber, the Senate, urged him to appeal against the ruling. Jonathan was reported by Reuters to have set up a Committee to look at the option of reviewing the ruling after talks with Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Senate President, David Mark. Senators had last week argued that the judgment was unfairly based on an agreement between the British and local chiefs in 1881, and it should therefore be subjected to a referendum monitored by the United Nations. Tags: Nigeria, Featured, News, Goodluck Jonathan, Bakassi-Peninsula, ICJ Nigeria to Appeal ICJ Ruling on Bakassi-Peninsula Posted By: t_ndi t_ndi Offline Send Email Thu Oct 4, 2012 11:39 pm | Options View Source Use Fixed Width Font Unwrap Lines 04 Oct 2012 Protesters over ICJ ruling President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria Thursday indicated readiness to appeal against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling which handed over Bakassi Peninsula, an oil rich area, to Cameroon about 10 years ago. President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday ordered a review of the ruling, about a week after the upper legislative chamber, the Senate, urged him to appeal against the ruling. Jonathan was reported by Reuters to have set up a Committee to look at the option of reviewing the ruling after talks with Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Senate President, David Mark. Senators had last week argued that the judgment was unfairly based on an agreement between the British and local chiefs in 1881, and it should therefore be subjected to a referendum monitored by the United Nations. Tags: Nigeria, Featured, News, Goodluck Jonathan, Bakassi-Peninsula, ICJ 04 Oct 2012 Protesters over ICJ ruling President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria Thursday indicated readiness to appeal against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling which handed over Bakassi Peninsula, an oil rich area, to Cameroon about 10 years ago. President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday ordered a review of the ruling, about a week after the upper legislative chamber, the Senate, urged him to appeal against the ruling. Jonathan was reported by Reuters to have set up a Committee to look at the option of reviewing the ruling after talks with Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Senate President, David Mark. Senators had last week argued that the judgment was unfairly based on an agreement between the British and local chiefs in 1881, and it should therefore be subjected to a referendum monitored by the United Nations. Tags: Nigeria, Featured, News, Goodluck Jonathan, Bakassi-Peninsula, ICJ