Following events in the Southern Cameroons territory of Bakassi in the month of June, the Minister of Communications of La Republique du Cameroun on June 23, 2005 put out a Press Release that did not sit well with some members of the Camerounese political class. The Press Release said in part: “The Government of Cameroun wishes to inform the national and international opinion that serious incidents occurred in the Bakassi Peninsula on Camerounian territory on 5, 17, 18 and 21 June 2005, following repeated acts of aggression by the Nigerian armed forces on Camerounian positions. These incidents caused the death of a Camerounian soldier, serious injuries and material damage. This constitutes a flagrant violation of the 10 October 2002 ruling of the International Court of Justice, which recognizes the Bakassi Peninsula as Camerounian territory…”

