Nigeria Warns Cameroon over Bakassi Peninsula, XINHUA From: Xinhua (China) | Date: June 19, 2002 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Xinhua (China)

06-19-2002

LAGOS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government Wednesday warned Cameroon
to desist from hostilities on Nigerians living in the disputed Bakassi
Peninsula, saying that it will no longer tolerate such acts.
The warning arose from the Federal Executive Council (cabinet) weekly
meeting chaired by President Olusegun Obasanjo, Minister of State for Defense
(Navy) Olu Agunloye told the reporters in the capital Abuja at the en...

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