The dispute between Nigeria and Cameroun over the ownership of the Bakassi peninsula was highly contentious one. As a relic of the partitioning of Africa by European colonial power in the 19th century, the Bakassi dispute presented the two Africa nations with serious cross-border security problem. Though the issue was resolved in favour of Cameroun with the 2012 World Court judgement many scholars still post that the peninsula rightly belongs to Nigeria.
This book is a treatise on the intricacies of the Bakassi issue. It captures the politics of the World Court judgement and the eventual ceding of the peninsula to Cameroun. And it highlights the political, economic and military implications of the development.
 

Table of Contents
Part One – The Background
1. Land and People of Bakassi ..............................................P. 21
2. Dispute between Neighbours ............................................P. 25
Part Two – The Case
3. Cameroun Heads for Court ...............................................P. 53
4. Equatorial Guinea Joins Legal Battle ...................................P. 81
Part Three – The Arguments
5. Arguments on Bakassi .....................................................P. 89
6. Arguments on Maritime Boundary ......................................P. 112
7. Argument on Lake Chad ....................................................P. 156
8. The Verdict ......................................................................P. 185
Part Four – The Reactions
9. Nigeria’s Official Response .................................................P. 213
10. Position of Stakeholder ....................................................P. 229
Part Five – The Ceding
11. United Nations Mediation ..................................................P. 241
12. Dissenting Voice ..............................................................P. 255