Nigeria: Senate Constitutes Committee to Probe Alleged Forceful Takeover of Nigerian Mangrove Islands By Cameroon

The Senate noted that the Cameroonian government encroached on Nigeria’s islands in Akwa Ibom despite that the affected islands were not part of the territories ceded to Cameroon under the 1913 Anglo-German treaties or the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of October 2002.

The Senate, on Tuesday, constituted an eight-member ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations that the Republic of Cameroon has forcefully taken over Nigerian mangrove islands and maritime territories in Efiat,…