Nigeria has launched an investigation into the deaths of nearly a hundred fishermen who Cameroonian soldiers are accused of killing them over a fishing levy.
Reports say that the killings happened last week when a Cameroonian paramilitary unit was enforcing a $300 fishing levy.
Nigeria’s House of Representatives says it has resolved to conduct the probe.
The incident reportedly took place on Cameroonian territory.
Nigeria called in Cameroon’s ambassador earlier this week to explain the incident. The Cameroonian government is yet to comment.
There have also been reports of intimidation and rape allegedly committed by Cameroonian troops.
Nigeria’s lower house of parliament resolved that it will investigate the reports in view of the 2005 Green Tea agreement between the two countries, to protect the citizens of the ceded areas from harm.
A five-year UN-backed transition period was put in place exempting the area’s residents, many of them Nigerian fishermen, from paying tax.
