Cameroon/Nigeria: Nigeria Refuses to Hand Over Bakary to Cameroon

Nigeria declined a request from Cameroonian authorities to hand over opposition leader, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, when under the custody of Nigerian security officials in Yola, Adamawa State, according to the BBC.

Reports indicate that Cameroonian special security operatives had attempted to seize the opposition presidential candidate on November 2, allegedly with the assistance of some Nigerian security personnel.

Cameroonian officials described Tchiroma as “a dangerous criminal” and pressed for his…