I have a lot of pity for those who quote and believe Nonwa Omoigi.

anzaku47:

I love history.. Thank you Historian

That part of his comment got me drunk of laughter to stupor. Throwing of stone cant even get you a football field. Or was it on a map the stone was thrown? Lol

giftedben:


Bakassi Peninsula was sold by General Yakubu Gowon to Cameroon in 1968. Yes, Yakubu Gowon in August 1968, had been requested by Ahmadu Ahidjo, the then President of Cameroon to sell part of Nigeria, especially the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon as the condition for supporting Nigeria to win the civil war against Biafra. Recall that before then, Bakassi was used as the outlet to the Atlantic to bring in food to the Easterners. The then Finance Minister, the very Obafemi Awolowo had asked Gowon: how long do you continue to feed your enemies?

Rattled by the question, Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Martin Adamu, Theophilus Danjuma, Hassan Katsina with the tacit approval of Sultan Mohammed II and Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano swung into action. Gowon wanting to score a point did not even discuss this with the then Supreme Military Counsel, though they quietly approved of it.

He contacted Alhamadu Ahidjo, and the Meeting was scheduled in Marua Town of Southern Cameroon in August 1968, that day Gowon, using stone, standing on Cameroon side “threw a stone” saying that wherever the stone landed should be given to Cameroun, west ward to the Peninsula. The stone landed at the very point of entry of the Peninsula called Reo Del Ree.

Hence, General Yakubu Gowon, on the advice of Obafemi Awolowo, used a stone to sell Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Others is history.

You people like propaganda like the ways bees like nectar.

The Anglo-German agreement of 1913 drew the boundaries between Nigeria and Cameroon. This agreement placed Bakassi on Cameroonian side.
The Agreement wasn't fully enforced when German was defeated in the WW-1 which happened between 1914-1918 following which Germany was striped of her colonies in Africa (including Togo, Cameroon, Namibia). The victorious powers (UK and France) simply shared the colonies of Germany among themselves.

In 1995, Cameroon took Nigeria to court to take possession of Bakassi based on the boundaries agreement of 1913 and the court ruled in their favour in 2006.

At the 1884 Berlin Conference The British held Bakassi and the Germans of Cameroon held the Cross River

The Germans used the Cross River of Eastern Nigeria to travel Back and Forth from their Colonies in Northern Cameroon

The British wanted the Cross River desperately so they agreed to give the Germans Bakassi as part of German Cameroon in exchange

for the Germans giving the British the Cross River

for the Cross River plus they would permit the Germans freedom of Travel on the Cross River to and from their Northern Cameroon

Territory This was the agreement between the British and the Germans at the Berlin Conference

But after the Germans lost the 2nd World War the British treated Bakassi as Conquered Territory especially after the UN Split

Cameroon between the World War 2 Victors Britain and France to administer

The issue of the agreement between Britain and Germany over Bakassi being exchanged for Cross River is in Lord Lugards Book Dual Mandate

This was the agreement that Cameroon used to win its case at the Court

Christistruth00:
At the 1884 Berlin Conference The British held Bakassi and the Germans of Cameroon held the Cross River

The Germans used the Cross River of Eastern Nigeria to travel Back and Forth from their Colonies in Northern Cameroon

The British wanted the Cross River desperately so they agreed to give the Germans Bakassi as part of German Cameroon in exchange

for the Germans giving the British the Cross River

for the Cross River plus they would permit the Germans freedom of Travel on the Cross River to and from their Northern Cameroon

Territory This was the agreement between the British and the Germans at the Berlin Conference

But after the Germans lost the 2nd World War the British treated Bakassi as Conquered Territory especially after the UN Split

Cameroon between the World War 2 Victors Britain and France to administer

The issue of the agreement between Britain and Germany over Bakassi being exchanged for Cross River is in Lord Lugards Book Dual Mandate

This was the agreement that Cameroon used to win its case at the Court

NIGERIA is not under any obligation to obey the rulling of the world court, she probably did because of her gentleman agreement with Cameroon during the Biafran war.
The world court recently ruled in favor of Somalia over control of sea coast both countries are dragging. But Kenya rejected the world court rulling and there is nothing anyone can do about that.

THERE'S A MYSTERY THAT SURROUND THE WHOLE THING - TRUST ME

They are better off being with Cameroon than Nigeria