La Republique du Cameroun at it again: Sacks 1000 Southern Cameroonians of Nigerian extraction in Bakassi

Hi Mishefon,

I only culled an article from a Nigerian newspaper and posted it here. I am not the author of the article and I am not a journalist or linguist to explain why the journalist used the word "SACK".

Perhaps people who are knowledgeable in this on the forum might be of some help. When I read it, I thought he meant "expelled from the land of Bakassi" but I might be wrong.

Regards

Tumasang

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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:26:27 -0700
Subject: Re: [camnetwork] Re: [cameroon_politics] La Republique du Cameroun at it again: Sacks 1000 Southern Cameroonians of Nigerian extraction in Bakassi

Were these 1000 people working for the state of Cameroon or they were sacked from Cameroon territory?

This article must be culled from Piet Koning's book on plantations in Anglophone Cameroon.

Mr Agbor Augustine, I think I have completed my reading assignment.

Over to you.

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On 29 Mar,2013, at 3:10 PM, Pa Fru Ndeh <PaFruNdeh@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

Mr. Mishe Fon:

You seem inspired and derive fun, when you point out my flops or Martin Tumasang's flops. On the other hand when we do the right things ninety-nine times out of a hundred, you'd rather amplify our one flop. Pourquoi?

Blessed Be Cameroon
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Is this a "Google" translation from French or what? Was the original article written by a "Francophone apprenti Journaliste"? Reading articles from some of these "Fly by Night, Buy One Take Two Journalists" who simply have to put ink on paper with politically or socially unpalatable lingo (to earn their "Gombo" makes you want to throw up. Imagine this Sisyphean and sensational headline:"Cameroon Sacks over 1000"...Vraiement ???

This is simply ridiculous and even very Bamendrous

Mishe Fon

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Subject: [cameroon_politics] La Republique du Cameroun at it again: Sacks 1000 Southern Cameroonians of Nigerian extraction in Bakassi

Cameroun sacks over 1,000 Nigerians in Bakassi

Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:43 Publisher_2 News - National

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IN an unbridled breach of the 2005 Green Tree Agreement (GTA), Cameroun has sacked over 1,000 Nigerians living in Bakassi Peninsula who had accepted Cameroun's sovereignty. Already, two women among the returnees have put to bed in their refugee camp in Akwa Ikot Eyo, Akpabuyo Local Council of Cross River State. The GTA arrangement, based on the 2002 International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment, specified that Nigerians could decide to live in the Bakassi Peninsula under Cameroun's sovereignty without any harassment or molestation, but recent development is quite on the contrary. Last year, the Cameroun authorities were reported to be harassing Nigerians in the territory, a development the Nigerian government frowned on. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Bakassi Local Council Chairman, Mr. Eyo Eyo, said the victims of the latest harassment "were living in Efut Obot Ikot and its adjoining settlements have been forcefully ejected by Camerounian authorities." According to one of the returnees, who simply gave his name as Etim, "five people died in the stampede by Camerounian authorities while several others were wounded, as the people now are completely cut away from their sources of livelihood." A spokesman for the displaced people, Chief Asuquo Etim Asuquo, said the incident occurred on March 7 when Cameroun invaded their settlements, accusing them of militancy. According to them, several persons were arrested and taken away, and it is not clear what their fate was. Reacting to the incident, Chairman of Bakassi Local Council, Ekpo Ekpo Bassey, said the council was disturbed by the sad development because it shares common boundary with Cameroun in the west. He called for the Nigerian government's intervention, as "such cases and other security challenges were rampant in the area" and a "violation of the Green Tree Agreement which guarantees sovereignty for Nigerians wishing to remain in the peninsula and the right to their sources of livelihood."

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