•We ‘ll protect minority rights, says Mark
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Quebec Canada
Nigeria has commenced fresh talks with the Republic of Cameroon on the fate of Nigerians in the ceded Bakassi Peninsula. Senate President David Mark made this known at the ongoing 127th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Quebec, Canada.
The Senate President is expected to lead the Nigerian delegation, which includes Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, to a meeting with the Cameroon Parliament attending the IPU Assembly in Canada. The two countries would principally discuss the enforcement of the rights of Bakassi indigenes in the ceded Peninsula.
The Senate President said although there was a judicial ruling on the Peninsula, Nigeria intends to seize the initiative presented by IPU meeting to impress it on Cameroon to respect the fundamental human rights of the Bakassi people. “Bakassi is a different story entirely because for Bakassi, there’s a judicial decision and once there’s a judicial decision, you must be careful on revisiting it; is it revisiting it so that it will bring more profit or whether we should ensure that Nigerians who are in Bakassi have all their rights intact, to ensure that they are protected; that their human rights are protected?
“We will ensure that they are not maltreated by the Cameroonians. That is one of the issues we will actually take time to discuss with Cameroonian parliamentarians here at the IPU.” Speaking earlier, the Senate President, who spoke on “The parliament, linguistic and cultural diversity in a globalised world,” reminded the IPU that each nation had its own peculiarities but affirmed that Nigeria was on the path to addressing such diversities through a further amendment of its constitution. Senator Mark reiterated that the National Assembly would work to protect minority rights through an amendment of the country’s constitution.
He said: “Parliaments ratify international treaties, including those on human rights and the protection of the vulnerable and minority interests which their various countries are signatories to. “Indeed, we must bear in mind that every nation has its own peculiarities and must manage its diversities within such local contexts while also drawing from international best practices and standards.
“As a matter of fact, let me assure you, Mr President and distinguished delegates that the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not just in total support of raising the stakes in the management of diversities in a globalised world, we are already taking steps to ensure that every minority interest within the Nigerian state is well protected.
“We are working to remove all obstacles that hinder unity and harmonious coexistence. At the moment, efforts are on course at the National Assembly to further amend the 1999 Constitution.”
The nigerian parliament should also address corruption and indiscipline in the inner circle.These are more important to nation building than anything else.
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Useless people China, Japan are still fighting over land, in the Gulf region Qatar and Saudis-But in Nigeria because of fear fear-and greed they sold out bakassi–yet they don’t want those who want to secede go their way
orchestrated Lies by Senator David Mark. you and OBJ have question to answer regarding the Bakassi saga so stop giving us what is not in a existence..
I pity the inhabitants of this Bakassi. May God help them and restore their embattled-future, peace and hope.
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Medicine after death, when Mark start to do the right thing is it because he want to contest for 2015, this guy is one of those leaders put Nigerian where they are today but if he repeat so be it.
I am from that region, I want to ask the senate president if he was not there when this agreement was reach, what did u do, were we not seen as minority? and if he was there which I believe he was, what did u do? And another question dat runs through my mind is, had it been Nigeria lose dat battle will Cameroon ley claim on Bakassi?
The Senate President should be told in a clear and uncertain terms, that since every legal avenue has been foreclosed; it means by implication, the Bakassi people are of a truth no longer Nigerians! Since we failed woefully to assist them in retaining their ancestral home as part of the Nigerian entity, whatever we do now is mere cosmetics and medicine after death. Government of Nigeria cannot now pretend that they are interested in the wellbeing of these people…The only alternative for the Bakassi people is to negotiate the right of self determination…but with the reported rich resources in the enclave, it is going to be a tall order for the Cameroonian Government to let them go freely!
political settlement is the answer if it can be done in good faith by our leaders.
Must they always rmind us of our lost brothers, i hate our wicked leaders, pple of bakassi we wish u all hapi stay in cameron may it turn arnd 2 b ur promise land, we d pple of biafra will soon bear our forefathers name, (never say never)
I doubt the authenticity of your claim, Steve.
Mark i know this time you pple will make a good parliamentarian with your camerounian collegue by delivering what the nation desire not like former leaders gowon and obj who ceded bakassi to cameroun
Cock n bull story,your ppl dash them away to win a war against your perceived enemies biafrans n now you ar behaving as if you care,time will definitely judge you n your cohorts.
pls oga daivd mark,while dscusn or amendn 1999 constitution,let one of the agendas be how to give us our biafra back,how can three countries live in one place,abeg make una do somtn fast.
oh nigeria pple why are u pple crying now forgetting that u pple give the land to cameroun inoder to eliminate biafra But up til date we biafra are stil existing
That must be very stupid of them! What prevent them from revisiting the case b4 the deadline? Medicine after death……
Cross river state and entire south south are fool, they call them selves none igbo becouse of oil which is also in south easth, they agree to merge with yoruba in edo state againt their blood brother igbo. Now efik people have fall a victim in bakassi ijaw, ibibo, isekiri, edo, idoma, urhobo, etc has just desert them(efik). This is a leason for other ethinc group in south south unless they come togather with their blood brothers igbo(south easth) as old easthern region their interet will not be protected in nigeria hence north sees you(south south) as igbo weather you call your selve igbo all not. We would have fight this issue as entire old easthern region and treath nigeria with secession to win the case at all cost.
Cross river state and entire south south are fool, they call them selves none igbo becouse of oil which is also in south easth, they agree to merge with yoruba in edo state againt their blood brother igbo. Now efik people have fall a victim in bakassi ijaw, ibibo, isekiri, edo, idoma, urhobo, etc has just desert them(efik). This is a leason for other ethinc group in south south unless they come togather with their blood brothers igbo(south easth) as old easthern region their interet will not be protected in nigeria hence north sees you(south south) as igbo weather you call your selve igbo all not. We would have fight this issue as entire old easthern region and treath nigeria with secession to win the case at all cost.
Do not mind them in 2015 we shall give them their
answer.
Good step
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Eche na i na emem, na eme onwe gi. U think u are hurting me, but u dont know u are hurting urself. selfish people
When u sold bakassi to win a war against biafra,then ask ur self what u gained later.Is it not the same Igbos that is controlling Nigeria economy.If i were bakassian,we shall declare war on Nigeria government for selling us out of our father land.U want to win Biafra,what is the gain.Foolish, barbaric,animaricious,marauding,tigerious Nigeria government
bakassi sorry for becoming a tenant in your own house what a country
Nemesis! why are they crying now but when de opportunity called they failed 2 grab it.had it being they joind hands with secessionist Biafra,no one wuld hv sold them out.i wish dem gudluk in there struggle 4 identity.
what is bad is bad. the so called leaders of ours are deceiving us. they knw what they have done but they will tell us wht they want us to believe. this is too BAD
Mark is confusing the inhabitant of bakassi. Don’t mind him.
Naija govt.
Na wao!
Wen wil al dis stop? O God, we put our
dear country
into your hands.
All Hail Biafra
1.
All hail Biafra
Land of the rising sun, we love and
cherish
We have vanquished our enemies,
all hail Biafra
God Bless Biafra, in Him we trust
Shout it sing it, all hail Biafra
2.
God bless Biafra
We have emerged triumphant,
from all our foes
Through the crucible unscathed, we
passed victorious
Our trumpets pealing, the glorious
song
Play it, sing it, all hail Biafra
3.
Oh hail Biafra
We shall always remember, all that
perished,
In the struggle for our freedom, all
hail our heroes
Our prayers shall bemoan, both day
and night
Say them always, all hail Biafra
4.
All Hail Biafra
Now our star shines everywhere,
we crave humility
God guide and protect us all, all hail
Your Wisdom
Shielding us from fury, unleashed
by our enlightenment
Biafra, Biafra, shinning forever
HAHAHAHHAA GOOD MORNING BAKKASI, HAHAHAHAHA GOWON SHOULD HAVE SAVED YOU, BUT YOU ARE FOOLLISHLY TRICKED AND WAS SOLD TO CAMEROON ALL BECAUSE OF IGBO’S HAHAHA THE IGBO’S YOU HATE BEFORE ARE DOING WELL GREAT NOW, YOU BAKKASI LAUGHED TO IGBO’S AND CRYING NOW, HAHAHAH GOOD MORNING SENSELESS EKPE NYIOM PEOPLE HAHAHA SOON ALL CALABAR WILL JOIN CAMEROUN WITH IKWERRE PEOPLE
Biafrans lives!!!…ka chineke mezie okwu!
Onye ga egbu onye chi ya na egbughi? Nobody!! (To Gowon and co.) U are a disgrace to Nigeria. Giving out a people to achieve your satanic aim.
It is not true.the Senate should have done this some years ago.
the nigerian govt just sold our pple into slavery
Pls if u dont hav constructiv coment keep quiet,tanx
I will advise bakassi people and cross river state as a hole to make sure that the case of bakassi do not die till 2015 when the blood revolution will take place in nigeria.
Eeyaaah, gud night and gud bye bakassi. You asked for it and u hav it,enjoy. Many more communities to go.
Please my brothers let us forgive but pray for them because it will not be an easy journey to yaounde for them especially the one called mama bakassi . Though it is painful with the turn of events but they should hold their leaders responsible for their present predicament because they collaborated with gowon and awo and dashed their ancestral land to cameroun in order to hurt biafra . So, whatever be the case ,they are our coursins and we must rise to defend them even if it be against our interest in cameroun
All the tribes that maltreated the Igbos,will surely recieve their punishment.this is just the begining
Let’s forgive and forget the wrongs of the past… Bakassi people were decieved and d realised it very late
The world only respects nations that are bullies and exercises its power at will.this is the new world order.nigerian law makers and deplomats are politically naive they only help to perfect curruption ritualist and excessive sex with teenage girls and boys.bunch of idiots
touch not my anointed[people]and do them no harm…..hahaha..just imagine who can battle with the lord…the evil that men do lives after them..what pains me is that the people that did this thing has all died or some are closer in there graves but there children and children children are suffering it now what a pity…the fear of the Igbos is the beginning of good things to come the way of any tribe in Nigeria period
what goes around comes around. Oga obj could have prevented this.
Every time they continue to demonstrate how hopeless we are! Can you imagine Nigeria going to discuss human rights for citizens of Cameroun? “We will ensure they are not maltreated in Cameroun”. And I ask, are you helping them as Nigerian citizens or as Cameroonian citizens? Is it your business if Cameroun maltreats its citizens? How are you going to help them – go to war? Or send them relief materials? Well, at the right time we may grant them dual citizenship so that they can visit Biafra freely.
Too little too late. Crying when the head is off. No going back good bye Bakasi. See you around in a thousand years.
This is a real case of medison after death. Why didn’t the federal government of Nigeria appeal against the judgement at the ICJ on time? There was enough time for that case to be appealed against for review. Now it meanse the land of Bakkasi pennusila has gone. And we have people that became army Generals just because of Biafra. Most of the people that are answering General this and General that in Nigeria today, did not even test international war fare. Why didn’t general OBJ dare Republic of cameroon on bakkasi? He quickly went and signed a green peace agreement but if it is ojukwu and Biafra, General Gowon and General OBJ, with their british arms suppliers will know how to use jet fighters and bombers to down-size it. Why was there no fight to reclaim Bakkasi? All na conspiracy.
The down is cast.
Brother let’s pray for the people of bakassi because their are really suffering because of our past leader mistakes
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MY HEART BLEEDS FOR THE INJUSTICE DONE TO PEOPLE OF BAKASSI FOR THE BENEFIT OF SELFISH LEADERS AT VARIOUS TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THIS NATION. TO BAKASSI PEOPLE, I URGE YOU TO PETITION AND TRUST IN GOD AND NOT IN THESE SELFISH COUSINS OF ESAU WHO CAN SELL THEIR BIRTH RIGHTS FOR A PLATE OF FOOD. SHAME YOU, FAKE AND UNREPENTANT PUTRID LEADERS. GOD WILL JUDGE YOU,DESTROY ALL ILLEGAL WEALTH YOU AQUIRED TO THE DETRIMENT OF GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT LAND CALLED NIGEREIA. AMEN AND AMEN
Our cousins were deceived, but lets not add insult to their wounds with our comments, but let the bakassi people start the war and we igbos will support them
The evils of the past keep coming back to haunt us. Gowon gets the first blame, for giving up Nigerians into slavery just to wipe Biafrans out. Secondly to the present inept govt for not pursuing the matter to a logical conclusion and agreeing to a stupid legal judgement. Lastly, the South-South people are to blame for deceiving themselves that Ibos are not their brothers and helping to starve them to death. I know it is karma but still I feel pity and I hoped that this will be resolved well. Stupid government.
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Now the government is reasoning. To those my Igbo brothers making uncanny comments of Bakassi and the Biafra war stop whinning, we are still one brothers.
This case was blown by our jurist and I have always believed that the solution should be political via dialogue instead of the judgement review as being clamoured then. May we have enough wisdom to handle it, this time around.
True picture of deceptive governance which is bane of Nigerian political climate. It is rather unfortunate that we have found ourselves in such sordid web of confusion due to man’s inhumanity to man. I pray that a solution be found at the close of the day if not the people of Bakassi should brass up to a life in their new home and country after all (there was a country)………………..
Medicine after death! Where was mr senate president wen d area was ceded to cameroun, and wut do mr senate president mean by minority right, he shld list pls
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When gowon divided the old eastern region into states, and lied to you people into believing that ndi igbo are not your brothers, that they are only interested in your oil. You believed him and joined him in defeating my dear country BIAFRA. today where is saro wiwa, where is adaka boro, where is bakkasi land. Your oil is still being looted by the abokies and their yoruba slaves. How many Niger delta citizens has been given an oil block, by the federal government. You people took over our properties, and said it was an abandoned property. God will punish you fools forever.
What the hell does Mr Mark and his clowns think that Cameroon is going to say to them, their guess is as good as mine- therefore he should stop deceiving us- we are more than he thinks.
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you all hv calld nanes but no one mentioned awolowo who was d minister who brought d idea.GOD keep chinua achebe.one day he will tell us d true story behind d region bakassi.
It is a welcome development
Onye nweanyi anam ekele gi nihi olu oma gi aaa…..the good God of Biafra i am giving you thanks for this your good job….and i still want you to bring out one other country that will size the hole land of P.H River State for them to see how aboundon properties use to be …stupid people pls my Igbo brothers let this people pay for what they did to us.
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One bad thing about us, Igbos, is that we are very loud mouthed or, in the words of Prof. Chinua Achebe, “very showy” thereby, attracting the envy and hatred of all. It is very shocking that some of us are laughing at the plight of Bakassi people as if they invited this problem on themselves. Let’s remember that the primary architects of this problem (The Father Christmas who promised Bakassi as booty, as well as others who ratified the gift) were mainly not Bakassi people. Injury to one is injury to all. Recoining Prof. Soyinka’s statement, I’d say that “The man died in him who will keep silent in the face of injustice and oppression on his neighbour”. Gloating over the plight of Bakassi people does not make ours any better. A word is enough for the wise.
Who said Igbos are not related to Jesus Christ ???? hand writngs are on the wall.. but what i have to say here is that as christains ,blood relations of Jesus Christ.. we have forgiven our south south brothers and i thank Ohaneze for their elderly work of taking a step to unit the igbo with their cosins in south south during the GEJ presidential campaign ,we the igbo demonstrated to them that we’re still there brother and we love them , will protect them..we made GEJ president and we will keep protecting him ,if not the presence of igbo in nigeria polity, GEJ will never be there ,they would have killed him or remove him at all cost as everyone can see that their fear is Igbo surrounding him but he9GEJ) and his ijaw people owes a duty to redress ,we’re giving them a second chance…he should not be deceived again .. Igbo as far as i know will never allow our brothers to be enslaved..Never. (tufiakwa) we will keep fighting to protect them because igbo proverb said ( Okenye ana gi anu n’ulo Eghu or Ewu amuo na obu) meaning an elder would not be at home while a goat is being delivered of a new baby in a chain… Now it is clear to them in south south and bakssi people in particular that they have been duped as Ojukwu pronounced.
Story full here o. Ihe onye metara ya gburu
What kind of human rights can be protected on people sold into slavery in broad daylight by a government they freely chose to protect them. Their basic human right has been traded away; every other “human right” you’re talking about now is cosmetic!
WHO IS DECIEVING WHO
These Nigerian politicians really think that we are as dumb as they are! This called toss a bone to the dog. They expect Nigerians to start chasing the bone and forget that Bakassi is really a closed case. Jonathan is feeling like a south south sell out which he is. I think that this is his messed up way of trying to redeem his damaged image in the Niger Delta and the Southeast.
As an igbo boy in calabar school, by then there is this song they use to sing during match past, and it goes ” Ojukwu wanted to separate Nigeria, Gowon says Nigeria must be one! let us fight to kill the biafran, to keep Nigeria one”. when this song will be flowing, i will be sad. Today this same people who were fighting biafran has received the biggest fight which will last ad-infinitum.
Let us know hw is going 2 hpn
Teophilus danjuma, is a very rich man today. He made is money by looting the resources in the Niger delta. OBJ has made so much money by selling bakkasi to Cameroon. Gowon wanted to win the war at all cost, so he dashed away bakkasi to Cameroon. Durring the biafran war, while our brave soldiers fought and in some cases put their lives on the line, just to preserve the live of all biafrans. Some useless and foolish son’s of the Niger deltans were busy supporting the abokies and sabotaging to efforts and sacrifices of our selfless and brave biafran combatants. Today bakkasi has been given to Cameroon by obasanjo, because it is not yoruba land. The Niger deltans are still being exploited. Yet i don’t know if they have come to realise now that ndi igbo are their only true brothers. I really do not know.
Defending human right indeed. Mark, hw many thousand Nigerians have been innocently murdered and their killers and sponsors like (baba…… if you say gida na u sabi) go on with impunity. Imagine the violent against Nigerians in the north, yet you want to tell the camerounian to stop what? Law maker stop killing urself in Nigeria first and the camerounian would take you seriously. They are serious minded pple.
and even the so called presido googbadluck jona from the south-south could not do anything to help his fellow south-south brothers whereas gen sani abacha a northerner went to war for them agianst the camerounians.
The present chief igbo hater in south south now is Edwin clerk an ijaw man who always make effort to surmon our none igbo speaking brothers in the south south and try his possible best to make sure that igbo language were kill in their domian, but now he choose not to talk in the issue of bakassi because they were efik and not ijaw. Even Dokubo of south south (chief leaders of ex militant) also kept silent, and what of the govanors of the south south state saying on this issure? They all kept silent because people invove are not their tribe ethinc, it is only cross river state afair, mmm 2015 is coming south south be wise don’t be a fools foreve.
We are not blood bothers and we will never be. So your Biafra thing is about the south south people. You want to take over so that you can continue your suppression and domination of our people. You want to take over so that you take our resources, kill our women, enslave them, and commit other crimes as you are known for. Shame on you Biafra that will never succeed.
if bakassi is a Biafran tery,let Cemeroon remove thier hands o! Becouse when the owner of the land come with it’s glory, it will be an international world war o! Let the international court hear it now, ”ammamma Onisha gwaru Obosi”.But if it is Nigeria, let Nigeria even be paying Cameroon for their pecence since then till now.
Yes my big bros, ”OBJ has made so
much money by selling bakkasi
to Cameroon. Gowon wanted to
win the war at all cost, so he
dashed away bakkasi to
Cameroon”.
Yes, they knows why they sold it. Becouse it is neither Yoruba land nor Housa’s. ICJ should know that useing another person’s belong without his concept is still a theft in a court of law. That is why Nigeria should have to be charged to court by Biafra for unconstitutional use of their property by Nigeria with Cameroon hencefort, the land is legally at the side of Biafra. Secoudlly, Biafrans are internationally recognized as a Nation by then .
@Justin justin,U remain d only saint tribe in Nigeria that every body should associates with,No wonder U loose D war nd know no peace cause everybody is ur enemy nd must be held responsible 4 ur ill-fate.Perhaps U av a shallow Knowledge of History,The Oduduwa reign extends to Benin and other faraway places.They share more in common with the Oduduwas than Ndigbo.But rather,let us address Issue of our failed state(The one Nigeria we should all strive to keep)!
The people of bakassi deserve to fight for their right & govt should listen to them. Where do u want them to go & settle?