From news24.com:
"The committee confirmed that there are seven Beninois
villages being administered by Nigeria and three
Nigerian villages presently under the sovereignty of
Benin, Bobbo said."
"The meeting decided that Nigeria and Benin should
begin the process of withdrawing from each other's
territory, the official continued. "
From Reuters:
"Under the plan, Nigeria which is in the final phase
of redrawing its eastern boundary with Cameroon after
a protracted dispute, would transfer three villages to
Benin in exchange for seven villages controlled by the
former French colony, the News Agency on Nigeria
reported on Friday.
"'Both countries have agreed to begin withdrawal
processes from those villages to return their
possessions to the rightful owners,' Dahiru Bobbo,
director general of the National Boundary Commission
told reporters after bilateral talks in the capital
Abuja on Thursday."
--- aletheiak <
aletheiak@...> wrote:
> just following the original newsbreak here at bp on
> 23 july
> i recall the int boundaries list also broke a
> summary or fragment
> of this info via a different source
> part of which brendan then also brought here
> asking for more info
>
> so i trust our info better
> even tho
> as i say
> i can no longer access it without crashing
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
> Kaufman
> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > Yes - message 14748 which is this link:
> >
>
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_156
> 1979,00.html
> > In this news24.com story, it says 7 of Benin's
> > villages are being controlled by Nigeria, while 3
> of
> > Nigeria's villages are under Benin's control.
> This is
> > the opposite of Reuter's reporting, which says
> Nigeria
> > is controlling 3 of Benin's villages and Benin 7
> of
> > Nigeria's.
> > I wonder which one is correct.
> >
> > --- Brendan Whyte <bwhyte@u...> wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone know any more about this?
> > > Brendan
> > >
> > > >According to a Reuters' report from Lagos of 23
> > > July 2004, Benin and
> > > >Nigeria will modify their land boundary and
> > > "redraw" their maritime
> > > >boundary. Portions of the Reuters article are
> > > reproduced below.
> > > >
> > > >"Nigeria and its western neighbour Benin, have
> > > agreed to redraw their
> > > >870-km (520-mile) boundary to avert a potential
> > > border row, a Nigerian
> > > >official said.
> > > >
> > > >"Under the plan, Nigeria which is in the final
> > > phase of redrawing its
> > > >eastern boundary with Cameroon after a
> protracted
> > > dispute, would transfer
> > > >three villages to Benin in exchange for seven
> > > villages controlled by the
> > > >former French colony, the News Agency on
> Nigeria
> > > reported on Friday.
> > > >
> > > >"'Both countries have agreed to begin
> withdrawal
> > > processes from those
> > > >villages to return their possessions to the
> > > rightful owners,' Dahiru
> > > >Bobbo, director general of the National
> Boundary
> > > Commission told reporters
> > > >after bilateral talks in the capital Abuja on
> > > Thursday.
> > > >
> > > >"He said though there was 'no serious boundary
> > > problem' between the two
> > > >neighbours, the move was aimed at averting a
> future
> > > border dispute. The
> > > >West African neighbours also agreed to redraw
> their
> > > maritime boundary. "
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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