Possession of arms by Bakassi militants threatens Gulf of Guinea countries
Bakassi Strike Force Despite pressures being mounted on the Federal Government over the offering of amnesty to militants of the Bakassi Strike Force (BSF), they still hold sway in the Gulf of Guinea, as they now possess a large cache of arms, posing a huge threat to about 28 countries in the Gulf of Guinea. The people of Cross River State led by the official Rapporteur on Bakassi, Bassey Ndem had listed challenges facing the Bakassi people since the issue of militancy and the arrival of the military that has left schools in the area shut for some time now. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the weekend held a town hall meeting with the people of Cross River at the Calabar International Conference Centre, where Senator Liyel Imoke Summit Hills was confronted with the issue of granting amnesty to the Bakassi militant Ndem said the Gulf of Guinea was presently in danger considering that the BSF holds large and sophisticated cache of weapons in the creeks and the gulf. ...

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