Editing Bakassi (section)

==History==
During the [[Scramble for Africa]], [[Queen Victoria]] signed a Treaty of Protection with the King and Chiefs of [[Akwa Akpa]], known to Europeans as [[Old Calabar]], on 10 September 1884. This enabled the [[British Empire]] to exercise control over the entire territory around Calabar, including Bakassi. The territory subsequently became ''de facto'' part of [[Nigeria]], although the border was never permanently delineated. However, documents released by the Cameroonians, in parity with that of the British and Germans, clearly places Bakassi under Cameroonian Territory as a consequence of colonial era Anglo-German agreements. After [[Southern Cameroons]] voted in 1961 to leave Nigeria and became a part of Cameroon, Bakassi remained under [[Calabar]] administration in Nigeria until ICJ judgement of 2002.<ref>Nowa Omoigui, [http://www.omoigui.com/files/the_bakassi_story.pdf The Bakassi Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007154524/http://www.omoigui.com/files/the_bakassi_story.pdf |date=7 October 2009 }}, ''Omoigui.com''</ref>