Nigeria Hands Over Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon

After agreeing to hand over the disputed territory of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon two years ago Nigeria completed the handover on Thursday during a ceremony in Calabar.

While the majority of the Bakassi Peninsula considers itself Nigerian the International Court of Justice ruled the territory belonged to Cameroon in a 2002 decision. Nigeria had appealed that decision but in 2006 opted to relinquish the territory.

An estimated 90 percent of the Bakassi population, about 300,000 people, is Nigerian, many of whom are fishermen who rely upon the Gulf of Guinea for their livelihood. When Nigeria announced plans to turn Bakassi over to Cameroon a large number of that population flooded into Nigeria.

Cameroonians have celebrated the handover with a mass move into the territory while many Nigerians remain bitter over their government’s decision to abandon Bakassi.

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