The Cross River State Government has reacted to claims by the Akwa Ibom State Government that it will not surrender the rights to the benefits that accrued to it following the decision of the Supreme Court 2012 which declared it the owner of 76 Oil Wells hitherto disputed by both states.
Following the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon in 2008 following the judgement of the Internal Court of Justice, ICJ, which declared Cross River South as non-littoral state, the ownership of the 76 oil wells was handed over to Akwa Ibom State by the federal government.
A press statement entitled “Re: 76 Oil Wells: Restatement Of Facts Updated Version” issued on Monday by the Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Erasmus Ekpang, accused the Akwa Ibom State of spreading inaccurate information, and outright falsehood against the Cross River State Government, and its people.