Seventeen years after the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon and a subsequent Supreme Court judgment reallocating 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom State, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon Peter Akpanke, has described the actions as deeply unjust and detrimental to the people of Cross River State.
Akpanke, who represents Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwarra Federal Constituency, stated this in Abuja on Tuesday during an engagement with the Cross River Journalists Forum, CROSSJOF, Federal Capital Territory chapter.
He lamented the dual blows dealt to the state, arguing that the decisions have left it economically weakened and politically shortchanged.