Ruby_Pearl:

Omg!! Who da hell is worrying about getting deported from Nigeria.
Dude, I would be singing hallejah.

Hahahahahahaha!

^{Does Nigeria actually deport anyone?!}

Siena:

Hahahahahahaha!

^{Does Nigeria actually deport anyone?!}

lol dey do
i was once rejected

Really? Amazing.

Siena:

Really? Amazing.

wat amazing about dat

origina9ja:


what amazing about that

Oops!

I wasn't referring to your rejection, more the fact that Nigeria actually deports folk!

^{My apologies.}

Lets assume your here illegally. Who do you thinks is gonna be able to fish you out?
You need not worry cause the Nigerian government doesn't have a clue about issues like this.

Why are you worrying unnecessarily. You have a Nigerian passport, YOU ARE A NIGERIAN,
Where you choose to settle has no impact on that. Case closed.
Your question wouldn't have come up if you stuck close to foreign affairs, There are Russian citizens living in Georgia. They are Georgian by settlement but they hold Russian passports, same scenario, chikena,

Bakassi Residents Need Passports To Enter Nigeria


RESIDENTS of Bakassi traveling to Nigerians will need to carry their proper traveling documents, including the passport of their new country, Akwa Ibom State Immigration Comptroller, Sir William Park, has said.

Fielding questions from The Guardian at the weekend, Park also said that the National Orientation Ageny, state information agencies and other government parastatals should educate returnees on the need for them to carry their traveling documents as part of the resettlement programmes.

He said there was need to educate and re-orientate the people into accepting the reality of the situation, as the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroun means that migration from either of the two neighbouring countries now means crossing international boundaries.

He noted that crossing of international boundaries requires total compliance to traveling norms to avoid embarrassment.

"The real challenge is now that Bakassi is part of another country and people coming from there need to have proper traveling documents because they are crossing international boundaries," he said.

On human trafficking in the state, Park said his command had burst three gangs of human traffickers in the Oron axis, where 47 people were arrested including a physically challenged man who was the ring leader.


http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article02//indexn2_html?pdate=310808&ptitle=Bakassi

Dont really know whats going on in that region, but I guess its international law. But can't some exceptions be made for exenuating circumstances.

However, if I were a Bakassian, I'D have evacuated the place long before now, unless I wanted to be a part of Cameroun.

If I were an indigene of that land then I wouldn't move at all. It is not exactly like there are any particular benefits of being a Nigerian and opposed to a Cameroonian. I would simply change passports if necessary and stay in my father's land. After all we are all Africans. People seem to forget that the border lines that differentiate each country from the next are man man and not God made.

EloSela:

If I were an indigene of that land then I wouldn't move at all. It is not exactly like there are any particular benefits of being a Nigerian and opposed to a Cameroonian. I would simply change passports if necessary and stay in my father's land. After all we are all Africans. People seem to forget that the border lines that differentiate each country from the next are man man and not God made.

There are benefits associated with citizenship

EloSela:

If I were an indigene of that land then I wouldn't move at all. It is not exactly like there are any particular benefits of being a Nigerian and opposed to a Cameroonian. I would simply change passports if necessary and stay in my father's land. After all we are all Africans. People seem to forget that the border lines that differentiate each country from the next are man man and not God made.

The Camerounian anglophones (English speaking citizens) have long complained of being discriminated against by the Francophone population. They seem to be the underdogs over there.

I think dual citizenship should be allowed.

dudu-bobo:

There are benefits associated with citizenship

What does one benefit from being an Nigerian as opposed to a Cameroonian?

tpia:

The Camerounian anglophones (English speaking citizens) have long complained of being discriminated against by the Francophone population. They seem to be the underdogs over there.

I think dual citizenship should be allowed.

Bull! These people still have their indigenous languages to communicate in. It is much the same scenario in Gambia and Senegal where there are Anglophones and Francophones living side by side on the border but still communicating in the native languages. (wolof) I even know a Gambian that has several close family members who just happen to be Senegalese because of the borders were split down their countries and divided between the British and French. Those Bakassi people should stay where they are joh! I personally would never give up my ancestral land because of some borders drawn up by colonials.

My family are from the Delta region of Nigeria and I have always thought that if such a scenario were to happen to us where a centuries old treaty popped up saying that our lands were actually part of another country and not Nigeria I know that I would definitely stay put!

EloSela:



Bull! These people still have their indigenous languages to communicate in. It is much the same scenario in Gambia and Senegal where there are Anglophones and Francophones living side by side on the border but still communicating in the native languages. (wolof) I even know a Gambian that has several close family members who just happen to be Senegalese because of the borders were split down their countries and divided between the British and French. Those Bakassi people should stay where they are joh! I personally would never give up my ancestral land because of some borders drawn up by colonials.

My family are from the Delta region of Nigeria and I have always thought that if such a scenario were to happen to us where a centuries old treaty popped up saying that our lands were actually part of another country and not Nigeria I know that I would definitely stay put!

Gambia and Senegal are two separate countries?

And the complaints about discrimination are coming from Camerounian Anglophones who actually live in Cameroon. You're saying they dont know what they're talking about?


Its a free world- even if you wanted to migrate to Cameroun right now, no one is preventing you.

However, presuming to speak for others when you know nothing about what they're going through, makes no sense. Let a Camerounian or a Bakassian living in cameroun come and clarify.

@Tpia

Gambia and Senegal were one and the same before the British decided that they wanted Gambia back from the French. Hence the reason why there are there are now Anglophones in Gambia and Francophones in Senegal who are from the same indigenous groups with the same language, culture and customs.

I know a few Cameroonians and Furthermore are you saying that all the Anglophones in Cameroon were Nigerians?

they were part of the british administered territory.

most nigerian america or canadian or british are born out of nigeria.  And carry two passports. alot of nigerian abroad have 2 passport. nigeria law allows it.
happy labour day.

EloSela:

@Tpia

Gambia and Senegal were one and the same before the British decided that they wanted Gambia back from the French. Hence the reason why there are there are now Anglophones in Gambia and Francophones in Senegal who are from the same indigenous groups with the same language, culture and customs.

I know a few Cameroonians and Furthermore are you saying that all the Anglophones in Cameroon were Nigerians?

I don't recall anyone on this thread saying the Camerounian anglophones are Nigerian.