The members of the Bakassi Strike Force in a new video obtained by the Sahara Reporters have listed the conditions under which they would embrace peace.
The militant group that operated in oil-rich Niger Delta region noted that its opposition to the
federal government is rooted in the latter’s failure to include the people of Bakassi in the Green tree Agreement of 2006, which conceded the region to Cameroon.
One of the militants said that Bakassi was “handed over to Cameroon without recourse to human rights,” which has brought “untold hardships” on the people of the community.
They clarified that they would cease fire if the people of Bakassi are included in a deal over the fate of the region.
The group added that if the Nigerian authorities cannot recapture Bakassi, a “resettlement should be instituted” that would fairly compensate the people of Bakassi.
According to the militants, the global community should monitor the new deal to ensure that the Bakassi people play important role in its dialogue.
The group further underlined that it does not attack Nigerian oil assets, as other groups do, and that it simply wants justice for its people.
The Force also noted that the FG should help in cleaning up oil pollution that has affected the whole area.
Bakassi peninsula is governed by Cameroon after the transfer of sovereignty from Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International Court of Justice.
On November 22, 2007, the Nigerian Senate denied the transfer, since the Greentree Agreement ceding the area to Cameroon was contrary to Section 12 of the 1999 Constitution.
Regardless, the territory was transferred to Cameroon on August 14, 2008.
Watch the video issued by the militants below:
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