…Fails to file appeal, 24 hours to deadline …Presidency only sold a dummy –NASS
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
The Presidency may have taken the National Assembly on a jolly-ride over the contentious handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun. Less than 24 hours to the expiration of the deadline for Nigeria to appeal the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, ceding the Peninsula to Cameroun, National Assembly sources told Daily Sun that the Presidency may have actually sold a dummy to the lawmakers.
It was gathered yesterday that the Presidency was not disposed to filing for a review on the ICJ ruling. Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan had raised an eight-man review committee to advise the Federal Government on the Bakassi case. The committee members were drawn, four each from the National Assembly and the executive arms of government.
But a member of the panel had confided in Daily Sun that government only set up the committee to “fulfill all righteousness and to be seen to be doing something. “Immediately the committee was convened, we moved into action and kept piling pressure on the other members to know the shape the appeal would take. Try as we could, throughout last week, nothing happened. “We even tried to get the green light from government’s representatives on the committee, but there was just nothing happening.
Even as at the weekend, the National Assembly tried to decipher what was going on, but it seems government has made up its mind not to file any appeal.” No official was drafted into the committee from the Judiciary, Daily Sun learnt. In September, both chambers of the National Assembly, in separate resolutions, had urged the President Jonathan-led administration to appeal the ICJ ruling on the Bakassi.
In far away New York, USA, the President told a United Nations session of his government’s “unwavering commitment” to upholding the rule of law and implementing all the pledges made to the international community. Meanwhile, members of the National Assembly had adopted a “siddon look” approach to the case. A high ranking lawmaker urged caution and asked that Nigerians wait for the October 9 deadline to lapse before any action could be taken.
“The National Assembly would not make any move until the expiration of the deadline and we are convinced that the Executive did not file any appeal. It is only then that the National Assembly will respond. “Today is still Monday. Please, wait for the deadline and when nothing is done, then, Nigerians will hear from us…”
federal govt should his luck because fomer president was a foolish men to sale his people to forign country.
is good to bring back our people to the right place now, it was mistake to ceding this penisula to cameroon big mistake Nigerian did in history of naija and should not hv done.
Nigerians will not hear anything from you Mr lawbreaker sorry Lawmaker. Bakassi has been used and abandoned by you people. Jonathan can not do anything as regards filling an appeal. What are you people doing since ten years the judgement was given, you want to pretend that you guys care for the poor masses of this country. you guys have been busy fighting constituency allowance and threaten to impeach the President for that. Please the money for the appeal should be used to rehabilitate roads in Nigeria especially in South East and the poor masses who has been ravaged by flood. Bakassi has gone and only Biafra can bring it back because it was formerly its territory
Lets pray hard b4 taking any step on this isue so that no blood shed will occur after every thing.
I urge FG never to cede Biafran landmark to cameroon pls for future sake.
It must be very unfair and painful if nothing is done as to the appeal while Nigeria has the opportunity to do so… well lets wait until the deadline, may be there must be some crucial plans towards this who knows…
esau and jacob..cane and abel..which one sold his brother for a yam pourage .????.Jonathan.. so u joined yoruba ppl to sale ur own backyard.. u r and ur own ppl must be sold one day … wait and face militancy.
Now the world will know that Abacha wasn’t bad as they portrayed him.. everything against Abacha was organised by the same world power bought in by OBJ just because of Abacha’s stands on Bakassi .. now the truth is open and i must tell all nigerians to know that Abacha was a true nigerian leader ..we must celebrate Abacha and throw into trash the bad names they called him..all those names are to distract us from whom Abacha was.. those moneys they said Abacha stole was lies ..Obasanjo can ever send those money from our treasury to Swiss bank just to bail Abacha and call him bad names ..the issue OF Bakassi has once again brought the case of Hamza Mutapha to light ..nigerias im sure Hamza Mustapha is saying the truth about what happened.. to me Abacha wasn’t that bad.. OBJ and yorubas are the real criminals in nigeria.. look at what they are doing to our fellow country men and women and children of bakassi.. nigeria is a dangerous country indeed.
Abeg National assembly act bc we dont want Cameroun
Even from the map, the rightful ownner of that land is nigeria. Tomorow the fedral gov will say that he is fighting for the betterment of the country.
if the person heading country is from the community what will he do?
I wonder why d presidency is trying to chicken out in a crucial matter like dis. Or is President Jonathan not man enough to handle d appeal or contest d decision of d UN on Bakassi………but if it’s to remove fuel subsidy he’ll be quick in doing it
Yes to the above. Jonathan is a chicken and not man enough even for his wife.
Go back in the history of his presidency and see if he had ever manned up for anything which would add positively to the growth of the nation except when he puts on a uniform on some pomp and circumstance event.
the worst administration ever to rule this country, today is bakassi, tomorrow it may be your own community
Ceding Bakassi to Cameroun shows that the center can no longer hold, other parts of Nigeria(particularly Boko Haram infested states) will soon be ceded out of Nigeria.Things have fallen apart.To your tent O Isreal !!!.
Ma presidnt has disappointed me. Afta al these supots frm nigerians? I don’t tink u r fit 4 dat position. U can’t solve d security prblm in the con3 and u can’t even fight 4 d bakkasi ppple. Ok, wat can u do as a prsdnt? GJ, abeg respct urself and step down, u hv failed!
Bakassi people this is time for war
National Assembly members sometime talk like illitrates. Some of them were there when Obasanjo ceded Bakasi and didn’t say anything. Why was Yar’adua silent over it if it’s easy to appeal and win. GEJ has taken the best decision!.
Sometimes you think they know what they are doing,but they know nothing.They hardly think thoughts of their own,nor look at issues as the majority would want.Every one that came stays with the status quo.So how can the country move and take her place for real?The country only true their foolish knowledge would take her place by using our collective resources to empower smaller African countries without extracting any useful treaty that would serve as political interest for Nigeria,the way bigger countries does it out there.We will waste our resources,but to even get a visa and be respected as a big brother country is difficult,to say the least.Look at Cameroon here at my back.With all the knowledge and diplomatic know-how we claim to have and know.Our leaders are killing us.They move only for personal interest and not the interest of the country at large.Obasanjo will live more years to see his intestine and worms will eat his eyes and body while alive for all the evil things he did to this country.Amen!
For sceeding a territory of the country he swore to protect without ratification of the treaty by the National Assembly amounts to an impeachable conduct.One only wonder if the President and his predecessor Obasanjo would have taken the same action where Bakassi to be part of Bayelsa or Ogun States. My advice to the people of Bakassi is to protest to the UN to conduct a referedum along with southern Cameroun for a separate country . Period.
Don’t be blindfolded by the name ”giant of africa” caus u chikend out on the bakassi peninsula fight.
An understanding of the concept ” imperialism” and why V I Lenin, said that imperialism is capital in that stage of development in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun, wil enable nigeria to understand why ICJ ceeded bakasi to cameroon. It was not for the interest of cameroon, France has more to gain just as the british are the main beneficiary of nigeria’s oil. The united nation dn’t giv a shit concerning the lives of nigerians in bakassi. Until africans begin to take action against western capitalism, they wil remain impoverished.
I feel very sad that Nigeria can just give away our fellow brothers and sisters for free. I pray that it is not to late to fight to bring them back home. President Jonathan must be supported by all the political zones and encouraged like JOSHUA to lead Nigeria into that promised land. We are so near yet divided like the ISRAELITES on their way to CANAANLAND.
If there is any truth in this story, GEJ would loose all credibility with the people of the SS and SE. What has this man got to lose by going through the perfectly legitimate international legal process? Why this prevarication? Is there any mileage in letting us believe that he is acting the part of a bye stander while the last legitimate means of freeing the Bakassi people from a forced marriage with Cameroon is lost? If GEJ refuses to do his duty, he has indeed lost my support for ever. The Bakassi people should declare their independence as a matter of urgency and let the UN sort it out. Whatever happens, it would be entirely the fault of GEJ and his advisers.
Nigerian presidents are all the same. None can undo what the other had done and none can do what the other could not do. In fact, they are all cloned dummies.
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES WITH THEM AND AFTER THEM
This our traditional cap president has accepted in priciples to ceed the penisulla to cameroun, what a shame, a country with cream of international law professors is being caged by illitrate politicians. What a sorry stage of life are we in this backwards state called nigeria? goodbye BAKASI, sorry to the indegens, as we suffer from the aftermart of waters from cameroun dam. On abri we stand
Only mass Revolution can save this country Nigeria
CHEI ! THIS =MAN IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE SOUTH-SOUTH PEOPLE.
i said b4 ad I said it again nig shul lv Jonathan alone I beliv if th land is in in north or west it shul nt hv bin sold gowan ad awolo started it then abacha ended it all was just see that igbo man did live bt I thank GOD we ar alive today
well its a pity, Bakassi was sold just to destroy and eliminate the igbos well lets still have ”faith”
All African Leaders are slaves to the Western world. They must do everything to please them. This is not about Nigeria and Cameroon but British and France. GEJ is aonly playing a visible hand
Pls Goodluck is not the one that sold Bakasi, so why distorbing him.
OBASANJO SET THE FIRE BURNING IN BAKASSI,,,,HE SHOULD COME AND QUENCH IT. I TRUST BAKASSI PPL,,,, THEY CAN DEFEAT CAMEROUN IF IT COMES TO WAR!
Pls papa jonathan, just for the sake of ur poeple bakassi and the country at large.
…..leave Jonathan out of ICJ decision, when all of these selfish act was approved, Jonathan was still waiting & hoping for God’s appointed time of being the no:1 man and distributor of national cake….If anybody should be blame, it should be Gowon & his endorsement officer “Obasanjo”
I’m proud of being a Nigerian, even if Nigeria is bid for privatization…To God Be The Glory.
It seems as if the presidency is incapacitated, since Bakassi was sacrificed for Nigeria to win the civil war.
I wonder why referendom was not held to determine where they want to belong. I strongly believe that President Obasanjo was aiming for the Nobel Peace Price when he did it.
Let no body blame Mr. JEG. Obj owes all blames as he earlier signed d threaty to ceed bakassi to cameroun cos of money. Even the law makers requesting 4 appeal, is it not bcos of the oil in bakassi? Ar they really talking for humanity sake. Our leaders are extremists fool of bad interests !
Dennis de prophet
WAR IS INEVITABLE FOR BAKASSI TO BECOME A NATION OF ITS OWN IF NIGERIA CANNOT DO THE RIGHT THING…
paulinus. Nawaoo for Goodluck
I have come to the realisation that GJ is indeed a product of the cabal that is eating away at the heart of Nigeria The cabal is almighty and remorseless in its domination of theNation. I did question this with all the fibre of my being because I thought he was different… an outsider, but of course, I was mistaken. The current political dispensation is corrupt and useless. It is no better tan the Military it replaced, indeed the old military is the cornerstone of the cabal. I am numb beyond believe that GJ, a President from the SS could be so insensitive t the genuine and heart felt desire of the desire of the Bakassi people and the rest of Nigeria.
I shall not be so keen in the future to defend this President whom I though was being picked on because of his origin. He has shown himself to be a major part of the problem. The Igbo people for all the support they have given this man in sweat and blood deserve better. He has proved himself to be totally untrustworthy and insensitive, like many others that have come before him is a parasite with no particular care forh is host. I can only hope that he does not contest he 2015 Presidential elections because we will never trust him again.
I know that many people will tell me, ‘we told you so’, they are right, and I am ashamed of myself for believing otherwise.
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This is actually an inevitable aftermath of the war against Ndigbo between 1967 and 1970. Chief Awolowo is no more to be called for explanations on his role during the Nigeria-Biafra war. Anyway, Gowon and Obasabjo are still much alive. To Bakassi people and Nigerians, let us ask them what actually happened during the war and between 1999 to 2007. respectively.
Bakassi, rest in peace!