Neighbouring country Cameroun is set to claim one of the nation's major tourist spot.
Here is a reproduction of report on the looming occurence.
'The Republic of Cameroon along with officials of the United Nations are carrying out a demarcation of its border with Nigeria and have allegedly annexed the Obudu Ranch Resort along with 20 other Cross River villages.
'The team which is
currently carrying out the demarcation exercise has no official from the
Cross River State Government and has allegedly shifted some of the
1913 Anglo- German beacons and effectively included Obudu, Boki,
Ikom and Obanlikwu, home of the famous Obudu Ranch Resort in Cameroon.
A petition by the village
head of Danare in Boki local government area of Cross River state, Chief
Kekong. K .Mbia and three other community leaders to Senator Liyel
Imoke, the governor of the state said the retracing of the border
between Nigeria and Cameroon as contained in the Green Tree Agreement
signed by then Nigeria’s President, General Obasanjo and Mr Paul Biya of
Cameroon is illegally being turned into boundary demarcation.
'According to the Village
head, the surveyors carrying who are carrying out the retracing of the
boundary “Started the job in the then axis of the boundary from pillar
113 which is some meters away from the primary school Danare 1 in
Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State and effort at locating
pillar 113 A which distance is 6 miles has proved abortive”.
Chief Mbia and other
community leaders said consequent upon the inability of the surveyors to
locate the 113 A beacion, the surveyors have taken the path of
demarcation from pillar 113 upward “Contrary to retracing of boundary as
specified in the Green Tree Agreement entered by Nigeria and Cameroon
and by this they have strayed and are demarcating a new boundary
contrary to what is specified in the Agreement”.
The chief told the governor that by demarcating the border from
pillar 113, the surveyors are demarcating the border anew and consequent
upon this, “Nigeria will suffer loss of not only thousands of
kilometers of age long cash crop land and more than twenty communities
stretching through Obudu, Boki, Obanlikwu and Ikom”.
The community leaders called on the government to intervene
immediately and stop the illegal demarcation exercise and the surveyors
made to study the 1913 map that spelt out the Anglo- German Agreement.
A government official who
did not want his name in print said government is aware of what is going
on “But we are surprised that the people are here now; actually we were
expecting them in February”.
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