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| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by jpphilips(m): 2:44pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
proudlyafrican: They are free to proceed, when negotiation fails and no one gives the powers that be don`t give a damn the only option left is to take up arms to defend yourself and regain what rightfully belongs to you.I wish them the best. what negotiations? why do people find it difficult to accept change? Cameroon did not say they don't want them to be Cameroonians, there was even when they released an ultimatum for them to nationalize on either side, so what is the big deal? if you like your ancestral inheritance on the peninsula, you nationalize in Cameroon and vice versa. the bakassi people cannot claim to be abandoned by the Nigerian govt because Nigeria gave it up since the civil war. roping it into cross river was a mistake the ICJ has corrected so why wont people react to change like humans? |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by jpphilips(m): 2:51pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Mortiple: This is an exercise in futility as Cameroonians are going to deal with them ruthlessly! They alongside other Niger-Deltas had the opportunity to join force with Biafra but were deceived in supporting "one Nigeria" project. If they had allowed Biafra access to other countries through their waterways and border, it would have been a different story today. Since Bakassians are just waking up from slumber, I say: Good morning Bakassi! Good morning Niger-Delta!! Good Morning Nigeria!!! if you don't know the genre of the issue, ask questions |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 2:56pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Mortiple: This is an exercise in futility as Cameroonians are going to deal with them ruthlessly! They alongside other Niger-Deltas had the opportunity to join force with Biafra but were deceived in supporting "one Nigeria" project. If they had allowed Biafra access to other countries through their waterways and border, it would have been a different story today. Since Bakassians are just waking up from slumber, I say: Good morning Bakassi! Good morning Niger-Delta!! Good Morning Nigeria!!!UJUKWU RENAMED CALABAR NEW ONITSHA, AM GLAD BIAFRA FAILED. AS FOR BAKASSI REPUBLIC, GOD WILL FIGHT 4 US. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by DeBamenda(m): 3:01pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
onila: Du calme onila ! |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 3:02pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
CAMEROONPRIDE: they are nigerians settled in cameroon not the indigenous of this area....i don't blame u , but obj, |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by jpphilips(m): 3:02pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
sweet_gala: bunch of craps, was Cameroon willing to give up bakassi? was Cameroon not the one that went to ICC first? what deal? was it a Cameroonian court that decided the case? what could OBJ have done? flaunt ICJ orders, mount a Naval base perhaps occupy by force and attract international condemnations and possibly invasion? does the gulf war come to mind? borrow a head if you don't have one. giving up bakassi to Cameroon was the best shot OBJ has, those f.u.ck.s should go get Cameroonian passports which i believe is of more value than dead Nigerian passport. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by onila(f): 3:02pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
DeBamenda: sharrap! who be this? |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by DeBamenda(m): 3:08pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
onila:  Je vous trouve très véhémente dans vos propos. Soyez calme et constructive. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by onila(f): 3:08pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
jp philips: pls get out of here u imb'ecile are u sure yr Nigerian? |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by onila(f): 3:11pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
DeBamenda: speak english! we Nigerians aint french puppets like you cameroonian niggaz besides aren't u from baemnda-south western-English speaking cameroonians. .the second class citizens cameroonians buzz off! |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by PhysicsQED(m): 3:15pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
jp philips: The Cameroonian government should not have gone to court in the first place, if not for the opportunism fueling their desire to see the British partition effectively implemented. Why OBJ felt he had to submit to the opportunism of another country's government, I don't know. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Skoopy(m): 3:16pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
PhysicsQED:you speak like you don't know the power of BLACK GOLD...Many Nations (eg USA) will go against all odds to ensure you are victorious in war base on that, just like in Lybia. Altimately, we pray for peace in NAIJA. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Obiagu1(m): 3:19pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
I'm waiting on the Ijaw people to declare autonomy/independence. I think it's long overdue. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by MrEverest(m): 3:25pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
christemmbassey: UJUKWU RENAMED CALABAR NEW ONITSHA, AM GLAD BIAFRA FAILED. AS FOR BAKASSI REPUBLIC, GOD WILL FIGHT 4 US.Dont spew garbage here, who told you that nonsense you wrote their? Nigeria used and dumped you guys like trash but i dont blame you people or others that conived with the Hausa/Fulani to perpetrate evil against Biafra because you all thought it would best serve you interest and nobody really knew what tommorow would bring but the least you should show is remorse rather than trying to rewrite history! 1 Like |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 3:34pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
The blood of the inoscents from late Tony Ene &co + d ones 2 b shed will b upon obj, senate, reps, mma giwa, bassey ewa, essien ayi, duke, imoke, ndoma egba, etc .where were u when obl sold our land? Our cdrs should remember duke sold another land 4 obl @ akampa where he built farm with d money he collected from france/cameroon. The blood of the inoscents from late Tony Ene &co + d ones 2 b shed will b upon obj, senate, reps, mma giwa, bassey ewa, essien ayi, duke, imoke, ndoma egba, etc .where were u when obl sold our land? Our cdrs should remember duke sold another land 4 obl @ akampa where he built farm with d money he collected from france/cameroon. The blood of the inoscents from late Tony Ene &co + d ones 2 b shed will b upon obj, senate, reps, mma giwa, bassey ewa, essien ayi, duke, imoke, ndoma egba, etc .where were u when obl sold our land? Our cdrs should remember duke sold another land 4 obl @ akampa where he built farm with d money he collected from france/cameroon. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Parnassuss(m): 3:34pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
goldfish80: †ђξ country is slowly disintegrating under GEJ's watchful eyes. Bros u just fall ur hand oh. Wetin join Jonathan and Bakassi, don't u know it was ceded to Cameroon? This case is should be blamed squarely on the UN. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Obiagu1(m): 3:45pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
christemmbassey: UJUKWU RENAMED CALABAR NEW ONITSHA, AM GLAD BIAFRA FAILED. AS FOR BAKASSI REPUBLIC, GOD WILL FIGHT 4 US. I swear, na illiteracy and silliness dey worry you people. Calabar was renamed  God have mercy, you goons seem to buy every crap and even lie to yourselves. If an outsider tells you an Igbo bought your father's compound, you will believe even if there's no record of it. You people are just unbelievable and indescribable. That's why Nigeria promised you relocation and you sheepishly left you homeland, Bakassi.Anyway, good luck and remember to pray harder for God to fight for you. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Onlytruth(m): 3:47pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
christemmbassey: UJUKWU RENAMED CALABAR NEW ONITSHA, AM GLAD BIAFRA FAILED. AS FOR BAKASSI REPUBLIC, GOD WILL FIGHT 4 US. Until people like you stop your baseless fears and grow a brain, you will not survive. Unless the God you call upon is not the same God that I know who hates fools, then you may just be right. lol If you refuse to use your brain, God will stay verrrrry faaaaaaar from you. He did not give you a brain for nothing. Use it!In the article included ealier in this post, I couldn't help notice that Ndigbo (pratically speaking) were actually the only fear nursed by the Cameroonians over the Bakassi issue, and it led to the "rumour" that Biafra wanted to unite Eastern Nigeria and Southern Cameroon, together with all the lands in the " Bight of Biafra". That led to forcing Igbo men to report to police stations DAILY in Cameroon during the war. That alone speaks volumes to anyone with brains. If I were from ANY part of Eastern Nigeria or even South-Western Cameroon, I would ACTIVELY seek and form alliance with Ndigbo. This struggle is not for ants. Imagine a scenario where we all work together in that part of Africa; A WHOLE LOT WOULD CHANGE. A word is enough for the wise. Meanwhile I wish Bakassi folks goodluck and God's speed. 1 Like |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 3:47pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Mr Everest: Dont spew garbage here, who told you that nonsense you wrote their? Nigeria used and dumped you guys like trash but i dont blame you people or others that conived with the Hausa/Fulani to perpetrate evil against Biafra because you all thought it would best serve you interest and nobody really knew what tommorow would bring but the least you should show is remorse rather than trying to rewrite history!this is not about d wickedness of biafra to us during d war otherwise i would v ask u 2 come n c d mass grave they dug in my compound, thats 4 another day. 2day Bakassi flag is raised never 2 come down. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by duni04(m): 3:49pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Billyonaire: There is a local Government called Bakassi Local Government Area in Cross River State. Even at that, OBJ had no problems sacrificing a people for Oil block deals with Cameroun. Bakassi was a part of Nigeria until OBJ traded their land in exchange of Oil Blocks on the Peninsula to Cameroun. The Bakassians have been rendered homeless, refugees and Stateless for about a decade. Will we blame a free people for seeking Nationhood ? Nigerian Government disowned Bakassi and by extension its people. So, dont call it a secession, because Bakassi was abandoned 10yrs and have been state-less by any standard. From all I understand, there is nothing in Bakassi to show that Nigeria cared about them before and after the OBJ blood for Oil deal. If Bakassi had no Oil, life would have been better for them and they would have remained Nigerians. But, the Cabal that owns oil blocks, mostly Hausas wont let us be one Nation anymore. The cheating is too damn much.Very glaring display of ignorance. First of all, Obj did not trade Bakassi for oil blocks. What he did was obey the world courts virdict on the dispute between Nigeria and cameroon which ceeded the penisullar to Cameron. Maybe obasanjo should have ignored the verdict of the world court, as other countries are apt to do. Secondly, obasanjo did not trade the bakassi in exchange for any oil blocks. Instead he negotiated a joint exploration agreement with cameroon where Nigeria would be entitled to proceeds from any exploration off the coast of bakassi. Would you have preferred an ill prepared and tired Nigeria; just emerging from 40 years of military dictatorship at the time of the verdict and with a myriad of other problems , to go to war with cameroon in total disregard to international law. The verdict of the international court only transferred sovereignty of the island to cameroon and gave. The inhabitants the option of settling peacefully ,albeit under camerounian law, or moving to Nigeria if they found the option of living in camerounian Bakassi too hard to swallow. What we should do is to help these dissenting indigenes of bakassi settle down peacefully and not encourage their dissent and rebellion. Nigeria has way more to deal with at this moment in time! |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 4:03pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Onlytruth:u call someone fool n claim u know God? Its a pitty. who is afraid? We are d heirs of d covenant. This is another David and goliath story unfolding hn ur very eye. We were nt d cause of biafra failure...oøoo, bro we sufferd too. Not 2 worry biafra will rise again n this time arround am 4 u. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by luluosas(m): 4:17pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Since OBJ sold them to Cameroon, do they still have or belong to any country at present? I wish them all the best as they take their destinies in their own hands. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by OCCULTIST(m): 4:30pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
EVEN AT DEATH OJUKWU THE EZE NDIGBO IS STILL FIGHTING TO FREE HIS PEOPLE. PERSONALLY I WONDER WHY THIS PEOPLE ARE ALL CALLING FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM NIGERIA,WHAT NDIGBO SAW 40 YEARS AGO IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SEEING TODAY  WONDERS SHALL NEVER END,I THOUGHT THEY LOVE ONE NIGERIA SO MUCH WHY CRYING TODAY WE IGBO'S WILL BE WATCHING,START THE WAR ALL OF YOU SO WE CAN PEACEFULLY INFORM THE UNITED NATIONS OUR NEW COUNTRY NAME: U.S.B UNITED STATES OF BIAFRA |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by MrEverest(m): 4:57pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
christemmbassey: this is not about d wickedness of biafra to us during d war otherwise i would v ask u 2 come n c d mass grave they dug in my compound, thats 4 another day. 2day Bakassi flag is raised never 2 come down.The level of your psychotic degeneration is irredemable! |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by miky(m): 5:16pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Sijo01: First it was Ogoni, now is Bakassi! Who's next?? Nigeria is gradually pulling apart. is bakassi still part of nigeria?? or am i mistaken it has been ceded long time ago |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 5:23pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Mr Everest: The level of your psychotic degeneration is irredemable!i thought NL was for decent ppl? What biafra did in our land is not recorded in history books, i am sure Olukwu did not send those indisciplined biafran soldiers. lust like any other war. now that was then so don't get mad 4 am not agaisnt u. And mind d way you address ppl as it speaks volumes of what u are |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Chyz2: 5:38pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
Unless Nigeria comes to the rescue, it is DOA. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by rafindo(m): 6:15pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
The Bakassi Story - Part 1 By Nowa Omoigui nowa_o@yahoo.com 1. When the Obong of Calabar signed a "Treaty of Protection" with Britain on September 10, 1884 Britain agreed to "extend its protection" to the Obong and his Chiefs. The Obong agreed and promised to refrain from entering into any agreements or treaties with foreign nations or Powers without the prior approval of the British Government. That is, he signed away his Kingdom as a British protectorate. This type of subterfuge was carried out with many of our ancestors. All of this was before "Nigeria" was created. Note too that unlike agreements between metropolitan powers these so called protectorate agreements with African Kingdoms did not have precise definitions of boundaries. On November 15, 1893, Britain and Germany defined their boundaries in Africa, supplemented by another agreement on March 19, 1906. These covered British and German Territories from Yola to Lake Chad. 2. In 1900, 1903 and 1906, key declarations made - and militarily enforced - which created the colonies of 'Northern Nigeria' and 'Southern Nigeria' (inclusive of the Colony of Lagos). The Obong of Calabar was neither consulted nor did he resist. This was all conducted between metropolitan powers and they understood what they were doing. "Protectorates" became "Colonies". Note the difference. 3. In 1913, Britain - for the colonies of "Southern" and "Northern" Nigeria - and Germany - for "Kamerun" - reached an agreement on their border from Yola to the Sea. The first of these agreements was signed in London on March 11, 1913 titled: "(1) The Settlement of the Frontier between Nigeria and the Cameroons, from Yola to the Sea and (2) The Regulation of Navigation on the Cross River". The second was signed at Obokum on April 12, 1913 by Hans Detzner, representing Germany, and W. V. Nugent, representing Britain. It addressed the precise demarcation of the Anglo- German Boundary between Nigeria and Kamerun from Yola to the Cross River. There were eight accompanying maps. For Bakassi (also spelled Bakasi) peninsula in particular, the Germans were interested in shrimps and an undertaking that Britain would not seek to expand eastwards. The British were interested in uninterrupted and secure sea lane access to Calabar, a key trading post. Since the Germans already had the option of using Douala environs as a port, they conceded the "navigable portion" of the offshore border to Britain. In exchange, Britain conceded the Bakassi peninsula proper to Germany. In other words, to get Germany's cooperation not to threaten access to Calabar, Bakassi peninsula was conceded by Britain. The Obong did not resist. Note that "Nigeria" did not yet exist. This was long before General Gowon was born. 4. In January 1914, "Nigeria" was created by amalgamation. Neither the Obong nor any other traditional ruler, Emir, or Chief anywhere in "Nigeria" was consulted about it let alone its borders. As was the practice then, it was done for British economic reasons - to extend the railway system of "Northern Nigeria" to the sea and to use excess tax revenues - derived from spirits - from "Southern Nigeria" to correct a budget deficit in "Northern Nigeria". British and German maps of "Nigeria" from January 1914 clearly show Bakassi peninsula in Kamerun. There was no resistance from the Obong of Calabar or his people or any other native "Nigerians" for that matter. 5. The First World War broke out in 1914. In 1916, Britain invaded German Kamerun. Among the Nigerian troops and carriers fighting for Britain were natives of Nigeria, including some from present Cross- River State. At the end of the war, all German territories were divided between France and Britain by the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations placed them under British or French mandate. The boundaries between British and French mandated Kamerun was defined by the Franco-British Declaration of July 10, 1919 by Viscount Milner, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Henry Simon, the French Minister for the Colonies. In this agreement Bakassi and the rest of what became known as "British Cameroons" were placed under British mandate and administered coterminous with "Nigeria" but not actually merged. The old 1913 border was retained. To codify this further, another agreement was signed December 29, 1929 and January 31, 1930 between Sir Graeme Thomson, Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and Paul Marchand, Commissaire de la République Française au Cameroun. This Declaration was ratified and incorporated in an Exchange of Notes on January 9, 1931 between the French Ambassador in London and the British Foreign Minister. Again, maps from that period show the Bakassi peninsula within "British Cameroons", not the "Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria". Neither the Obong nor his people, nor any other "native Nigerians" protested. General Gowon was born a few years later. 6. The Second World War broke out in 1939. Native Nigerians also fought for Britain. After the war, the British and French League of Nations mandates over the Southern and Northern Cameroons and Cameroun were replaced by trusteeship agreements under the new United Nations - approved by the General Assembly on December 13, 1946. These UN agreements re-ratified the prior borders as codified by the previous Anglo- German and Anglo-French agreements. Maps from that period show Bakassi peninsula in the Cameroons, not the real Nigeria. 7. On August 2nd, 1946 Britain divided the Cameroons into two, called "Northern Cameroons" and "Southern Cameroons". The 1946 'Order in Council' contained detailed provisions describing the border separating these two regions, now conveniently administered from colonial Nigeria - but not part of it. 8. In 1954, the Secretary of State for the Colonies issued a legal order defining the border between Nigeria's "Eastern region" and the "Southern Cameroons". Bakassi Peninsula was in the "Southern Cameroons", distinct from the Eastern region and the Calabar province and maps from that period show this very clearly. General Gowon had not yet joined the Nigerian Army. Neither the Obong nor his people nor any other native Nigerians protested. 9. In March 1959, the UN asked Britain to clarify the wishes of the people living in Northern and Southern Cameroons trusteeship territories in the run up to the "independence" of Nigeria and Cameroun. Maps from that period show Bakassi peninsula in the Cameroons, not the real Nigeria. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Dede1(m): 6:17pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
ndu_chucks: I never thought you will slide to this low during fundamental discussion of Bakassi issue and innocent fellows subjected to modern slavery. Must everybody in Biafra be an Igbo? The last time I checked, Biafra was populated by the ethnic nations in defunct eastern region of Nigeria. Until after 1970, Cameroon never placed a claim to the Bakassi because it was an integral part of eastern region. Biafra, being a product of devoid of any colonial nonsense such as Scramble for Africa and Anglo-German over dinner table arrangement, would have not listened to the moronic ICJ or delusional and liberal-minded International goons. Cameroon must not be allowed to have Bakassi. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by christemmbassey(m): 6:29pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
The selfish greedy thieves are in Cross River govt are still talking about 76 oil wells without Bakassi, pls can someone tell these ppl that without Bakassi CR is a non-litoral state n our 76wells are gone 4ever. Imoke wake up, no Bakasi no oil money. |
| Re: Bakassi Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station by Nobody: 6:45pm On Aug 10, 2012 |
christemmbassey: The selfish greedy thieves are in Cross River govt are still talking about 76 oil wells without Bakassi, pls can someone tell these ppl that without Bakassi CR is a non-litoral state n our 76wells are gone 4ever. Imoke wake up, no Bakasi no oil money.Have you been sleeping ? Cross River State is not an oil producing state. The 76 oil wells were awarded to Akwa Ibom a couple of months ago. Wake up. 1 Like |
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