Evicted from their land for Cameroun, resettled in a Camp, now Bakassi returnees on forced move again
THEY had hoped that their woes were over. They were Nigerians before their land was ceded to Cameroun by an international court ruling during the regime of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that their ancestral land must be given to the neigbhouring country. They cried. They kicked. They fought. They insisted they did not want to become Camerounians midway in their lives.
After a while, the government listened to them. New homes were built for them. Many of them with nowhere else to relocate to, embraced the new settlement with happiness. Life was returning to normal. The residents were beginning to pick the pieces of their lives and falling to a rhythm they were used to.
The Camp in Ekpri Ikang was not the best but as they say, half bread is better than none. Those with means relocated to other areas to start life afresh.
Double Trouble For Bakassi Returnees.
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