Bakassi – Beyond Rhetoric

[This Day]Minister of Interior Abba Moro on Thursday in Abuja condemned attacks on Nigerians living in the Bakassi peninsula and pledged that the federal government would check such attacks and ensure the safety of citizens in the peninsula. This followed a reported attack by the Cameroonian gendarmes in the village of Efut Obot Ikot that led to the death of 17 Nigerians and displacement of nearly 2, 000 others. The truth is that Nigeria had abandoned its obligations to the Bakassai people and created the incentive