Cameroon/Nigeria: Nigeria delays handing over Bakassi Peninsula

Nigerian officials announced on Monday that Nigeria was not going to be handing over the disputed and potentially oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to the Cameroonian government by the previously set date of 15 September 2004. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in 2002 that the Peninsula belonged to Cameroon,therefore demanding that Nigeria withdraw its armed forces and civilian administration.