10 raiders killed in Cameroon
2008-07-25 10:55
Yaounde - Cameroonian soldiers killed 10 gunmen who attacked them on Thursday in the Bakassi peninsula - a long-disputed territory Nigeria was transferring to Cameroon under a World Court order, Reuters reported.
According to reports, a little-known armed Nigerian group opposed to the handover of the oil-rich territory, which claimed it carried out the attack, said only four of its men were killed and threatened more violence until the transfer was renegotiated.
It was the second attack on Cameroonian positions in Bakassi within a week by the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council (NDDSC), whose members attacked the Cameroonian security patrol in the area at the weekend.
Nigerian forces were due to complete their long-delayed full withdrawal from Bakassi in mid-August to comply with a 2002 World Court order.
But some Nigerians were opposed to the handover, including some of local inhabitants, most of whom were fishermen.