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Nigeria to abide by decision on border demarcation with Cameroon

Xinhua, August 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Nigerian government will abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Nigeria- Cameroon border, President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday.

Buhari gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city when he received a United Nations Mission led by a Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mohammed Ibn Chambers.

The Nigerian leader assured that Nigeria would not do anything to hamper the work of the various UN committees on the border.

"Having accepted the judgment of the ICJ, we are ready to support the security and logistics requirements of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) to carry out the border demarcation," the president said.

The president urged that all committees be allowed to carry out their functions in line with the ICJ decision.

Earlier, Ibn Chambers, who is also the Chairman of CNMC, had informed Buhari that 2,001kms out of 2,100kms separating Nigeria and Cameroon had been marked, leaving a balance of 99kms to conclude the demarcation.

He expressed optimism that the remaining area would be completed by the first quarter of next year in view of the relative calm that had returned to border areas which were earlier inhabited by Boko Haram insurgents. Endit