Cross River State government had approached the Supreme Court, asking the court to suspend the verdict in the appeal it lodged against Akwa Ibom on the matter.Ibom.
It would be recalled that the Cross River State government went before the apex court, contending that the 76 oil wells, which it said were transferred to Akwa Ibom State by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, legally belonged to it.
Also joined as a party in the appeal before the Supreme Court was the Federal Government.
In its application, Cross River State alleged that a map that was tendered before the apex court by Akwa Ibom State was doctored, insisting that it did not represent the true position of the Nigerian-Cameroun boundary.
It noted that the map which is being relied upon by the apex court in resolving the protracted dispute between the two states was fraudulent, even as it has applied that the map be expunged from the list of evidences before the court.
The said map was attached to an affidavit that was deposed to by one Alhaji Bashir Shettima of the National Boundary Commission.
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