The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , has expressed optimism that Nigeria’s bid to expand its maritime territory, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is fully on course and would be achieved without ‘‘war, litigation, or purchase.’’
‘‘I am looking forward to the day that I can announce to Nigerians that additional maritime territory has been approved for Nigeria by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf,” Buhari was quoted as saying in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina. Buhari assured the committee, chaired by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, of his full support for Nigeria’s submission to the United Nations for the additional maritime area, under the recognised international convention.