[1] The group is fighting to restore the Republic of Biafra, which includes the Bakassi Peninsula, a region that was ceded to Cameroon by the Nigerian federal government following an International Court of Justice ruling.

[2] BNL banned foreign vessels from entering Nigeria and Cameroon through the Peninsula beginning on 30 May 2021, after its militia loyalists reportedly engaged in a fierce gun battle with Cameroonian Forces.

[4] On Friday 13 May 2022, suspected militants of BnL attacked the Ikang jetty, in Bakassi Area of Cross River State killing a Police officer and injuring many others, this is barely a week after the Police arrested 23 members of BnL in Ikom.

[5] On Sunday morning, 19 June 2022, in Archibong town (Isangele subdivision), militants suspected to be armed units of BnL shot repeatedly at a foreign speed boat carrying oil equipments to the Nigerian maritime borders in Bakassi Peninsula, a sailor was reportedly killed by flying bullets while security operatives attached to the boat were said to have abandoned the boat and fled.

[6] The leader of BnL, Princewill C Richards told Cameroon News Agency that he hasn't spoken to his members to confirm if they were responsible for the attack, adding that his group was still investigating the report [7]