Dominique Bela, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Douala, Cameroon
Despite Cameroon’s legal victory over Nigeria in the Bakassi case, hard times lie ahead as to how the reconquered territories will be administered without frustrating Nigerians living there.
Charles Tchougang, the chairman of Cameroon’s Bar notes that it will not be easy to govern an off-shore land that is far from main land Cameroon and whose population is essentially Nigerian. On many occasions, secessionist ideas emerged to demand that Bakassi remain Nigerian.
Another headache for Cameroonian authorities will be curbing banditry and criminality in that area called by many a paradise for traffickers of all kinds. The most pessimistic prefer to remain prudent as to the future of the oil-rich peninsula.
