Nigerian President Orders Troops on Alert to Foreign Invasion, XINHUA From: Xinhua (China) | Date: November 23, 2001 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Xinhua (China)
11-23-2001
LAGOS, November 23 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has
directed soldiers at the border area of southern Cross River State not
to concede an inch of "our territorial land and water to any nation" as
the country is still contesting the ownership of Bakassi Peninsula with
Cameroon.
Obasanjo gave the charge on Thursday when he inspected the Joint Task
Force Brigade Group at Ikang Akpubuyo bordering Cameroon, official Daily
Times newspaper reported on Friday.
The president was quoted as saying that the essence of his visit is to
see the soldiers and motivate ...