An adhoc committee of the House of Representatives yesterday order the national boundary commission (NBC) to suspend ongoing work on the demarcation of the Nigeria Cameroon border in the Adamawa state axis of the country.

The committee led by Hon Beni Lar who issued the directive during an interactive session with stakeholders explained that the directive was precipitated by the need to explore avenues of resolving pending issues between communities along the Adamawa state end of the border with Cameroon and NBC.

The plateau born lawmaker who observed that there are glaring disconnect between the authorities of the NBC and the border communities disclosed that her committee would embark on a fact finding mission to get to the root of the matter.

The Director General of the National Boundary Commission (NBC), Mr Adamu Adaji identified Kwaja, Rusuki and Pillars 8 as the disputed by communities along the Nigeria Cameroon borderline.

He maintained that the Sinagali and Sinawati areas of the border have never be in dispute based on the agreed to the 1932 Thompson Marchand Declaration.

Stating that no fewer than 2000 pillars have been placed along the Nigeria Cameroon border in line with the decision of the international court of justice (ICJ) in the Haque.

For the Attorney general of the Federation and justice Minister, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who stressed the need to respect the ICJ judgement called for the establishment of confidence building mechanism to assuage the feeling of aggrieved members of the border communities.

Represented by the Solicitor General of the Federation, Mrs B. Agba , he ruled out the possibility of appealing the judgement of the ICJ as canvassed by some of the members of the committee.

However, a former House of Representatives member, Adamu Kamale who spoke on behalf of the disputed communities accused the authorities of the NBC of abdicating in their responsibility to protect the interest of Nigerians in the disputed areas.

He wondered why the boarder commission chose to skip the usage of watershed to determine the status of Sina community at the heart of the dispute.