Cross River communities carpet rep, Surveyor General over Bakassi

The people of Danare and Biajua communities of Cross River State have flayed the member representing Etung Obubra in the House of Representatives and Chairman House Committte on Appropriation, Mr. John Owan-Enoh and Surveyor General of the Federation, Prof. Peter Nwilo for saying that no community in Central Senatorial district of the state was threatened by Cameroon.

Worried by the position of Owan-Enoh and the surveyor general, the Danare and Biasua communities have threatened to pull out of Nigeria and declare self-independence.

Owan-Enoh had last week disagreed with the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) and people of Danare/Biajua communities over the controversial boundary issue between Nigeria and Cameroon in Central Senatorial district.

Few months ago, the Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and community leader, Mr. Cletus Obun and the people of Biajua and Danare communities in Boki council had raised an alarm that there was the possibility of ceding some communities of eight local councils in the central part of the state to Cameroun without recourse to locating pillar 113A by representatives of Cameroon/Nigeria Mixed Commission.

The Senate Leader who represents Central Senatorial district had taken the matter to the floor of the senate for deliberation and necessary action to stop the communities from being ceded to Cameroon six years after Bakassi peninsula had gone to that country.

Owan-Enoh told some journalists in Calabar that based on his investigation some people must have been playing politics with the boundary issue because there are no attempts to cede any area including his community to Cameroon.

Speaking on behalf of the Boki people, Obun said, "For Owan-Enoh the representative of Etung/Obubra in the House of Representatives and the Attorney General and Surveyor General of the Federation to say that there is no dispute is treasonable. It is my take that the Surveyor General of the federation more than any other person else should be tried for treason.