Bakassi hand-over was the height of 'Executive lawlessness' - Femi Falana

The National Assembly has always been rejecting the move by the Executive on the ceding of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon since 2006 as attempts have been made by the Federal Government to comply with section 12 of the Nigeria constitution, this is the saying of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria; Femi Falana who was a guest on our breakfast show Sunrise daily while discussing the Bakassi Peninsula matter. He said the handing over of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon was the height of 'Executive Lawlessness' and it is not tolerated by the Nigeria constitution. The legal practitioner quoted section 12 of the constitution in furtherance saying 'No treaty signed between Nigeria and another country can come into force without an enactment into law by the National Assembly'. Recalling the Bakassi Peninsula matter, since the administration of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo when the handing over was done then through the reign of deceased President Shehu Musa Yaradua, the National Assembly has stood their grounds in rejecting the treaty and according Mr. Falana 'As far as the international law is concerned or the constitution of Nigeria is concerned, it is the end of the matter'.