Nigeria’ll abide by ICJ’s verdict on Bakassi –Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration would abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice on the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, quoted the President as saying this when he received a United Nations Mission led by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mohammed Ibn Chambas,  at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari promised that Nigeria will not do anything to hamper the work of the various UN committees on the border.
“We will abide by the law.  Having accepted the judgment of the ICJ, we are ready to support the security and logistics requirements of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission to carry out the border demarcation,” the President said.
Buhari expressed his total support for the exercise, recalling that as Military Head of State between 1984 and 1985, his administration instituted the demarcation of the Nigeria land borders from Benin to Bakassi.
He urged all stakeholders to ensure that all committees carry out their functions in line with the ICJ decision.
Earlier, Chambas had informed the President that 2,001 kilometres out of 2,100 kilometres separating Nigeria and Cameroon had been marked, leaving a balance of 99 kilometres to conclude the demarcation.
He expressed hope that the remaining area would be completed latest by the first quarter of next year following the relative calm that has returned to border areas earlier inhabited by Boko Haram terrorists.

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