{"id":151414,"date":"2025-02-19T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bakassi-leaders-slam-cross-river-assembly-over-treason-allegation"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:15:38","slug":"bakassi-leaders-slam-cross-river-assembly-over-treason-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bakassi-leaders-slam-cross-river-assembly-over-treason-allegation","title":{"rendered":"Bakassi leaders slam Cross River Assembly over treason allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The counsel to the Indigenous Displaced People of Bakassi Communities, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has faulted the position of the Cross River State House of Assembly, which accused Chief Amboni Iyadim, former chairman of Bakassi LGA, of treasonable felony and threatened to arrest him and other leaders of the Indigenous People of Bakassi Communities for submitting a petition to President Bola Tinubu, listing their demands.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the main grouse of the Bakassi leaders is their complaint that their council is being treated as an appendage of Akpabuyo LGA and that their allocations are spent in Akpabuyo LGA, never used for the development of the actual Bakassi communities.<\/p>\n<p>In a swift reaction to the Assembly\u2019s resolution yesterday, Obono-Obla said that the petition to the President sought settlement for the Displaced People of Bakassi, adding that it had been distorted by antagonists.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the position taken by the House of Assembly was outrageous and inconceivable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the House to reverse its stance and stand in solidarity with the hapless Displaced People of Bakassi. History will judge the House harshly if it fails to act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to claims, the petition isn\u2019t solely about delisting Bakassi LGA from the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts core demand is that Bakassi LGA shouldn\u2019t be an appendage of Akpabuyo LGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obono-Obla explained that the Supreme Court\u2019s judgment on February 23, 2023, in INEC vs. Asuquo and Others invalidated Cross River State Law No. 7 of 2007, which created wards in Akpabuyo LGA to form New Bakassi LGA.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that the judgment emphasized the House of Assembly\u2019s power to adjust boundaries, not create wards.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt was alarming that the Assembly remained silent on the illegitimate gerrymandering, where Bakassi\u2019s headquarters is situated in Ikot Effiom, Akpabuyo LGA, instead of Abana, in Dayspring Island, Bakassi LGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that this was a clear case of injustice and disregard for the people\u2019s welfare, which should be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>But the Speaker of the Assembly, Elvert Ayambem, said that there was no way the capital of Bakassi could have been in Abana, which is part of the territory ceded to Cameroon in 2002 by the Green Tree Agreement of the World Court in The Hague.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly argued that spending Nigeria\u2019s resources in Abana would amount to developing Cameroonian territory to the detriment of the Bakassi people.<\/p>\n<p>Ayambem condemned the petition as \u201ca complete misnomer and facade,\u201d warning that attempts to blackmail or politicize sensitive issues would not derail the state\u2019s ongoing development.<\/p>\n<p>The member representing Bakassi State Constituency, Hon. Eyo Bassey, clarified that he was not consulted before the petition was submitted, reaffirming his commitment to addressing the needs of the Bakassi people through constructive engagement rather than political agitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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