January 1981 State Visit of Nigerian President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari to Cameroon. 1981

Made by CICAM in 1981, commemorating the January 1981 State Visit of Nigerian President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari to Cameroon. Shagari led the Nigerian Second Republic from its birth until he was overthrown on the last day of 1983. Ahidjo led Cameroon from independence until pushed into exile by PM Paul Biya. 

 

Both Shagari and Ahidjo were Fulani, from the north. Despite the smiling faces, in May 1981 the two neighbors almost went to war after a border clash in the disputed Bakassi peninsula. 

 

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