Invasion of Cameroon (AFOE)

The 2025 Nigerian Invasion of Cameroon, also known as the 2025 Invasion of Cameroon, or the Invasion of Cameroon, was a war that lasted from March 3, 2025 until the capture of Yaounde on the 5th of April 2025, which forced the surrender of Cameroonian forces and the annexation of Cameroon. The reason behind Nigeria's invasion of Cameroon is to get more space for their people due to the country gradually becoming overpopulated, and to avoid traffic congestion, plus because of its inspiration by South Africa and their annexation of Lesotho and Swaziland (Eswatini).
== Background ==
Ever since Nigeria achieved its independence from the UK, the country's population grew rapidly due to lack of family planning access, early marriages, and extremely high birth rates. Nigeria's population was low at that time. However, as time went on, the population of the country grew rapidly.
On the 15th of January 1966, Nigeria went through a coup d'état, resulting in several years of military rule. The country was renamed from the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Nigeria, and divided the four regions of the country into twelve states. On the 24th of May 1966, tensions raised and another coup d'état happened.
In 1976, Gen. Murtala Mohammed was assassinated and removed from power by Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, who later became head of state. After Mohammed was removed from power and replaced by Olusegun Obasanjo, the 2nd Nigerian Republic was established.
A constituent assembly was elected in 1977 to draft a new constitution, which was published on the 21st of September 1978, lifting the ban on political activity. In 1979, a five-party election was held, and the NPN won.
=== Bakassi Conflict ===
In June 2006, Nigeria signed the Greentree Agreement, a formal treaty which resolved the Cameroonian-Nigerian border dispute over the oil and natural gas-rich Bakassi Peninsula, which marked the formal transfer of authority in the region, and the Nigerian military partially withdrew from the Bakassi Peninsula. This move was opposed by many Bakassians of Nigerian descent or Nigerian born and started to arm themselves on the 2nd of July 2006, beginning the war.
The Nigerian military fully withdrew from the Bakassi Peninsula 2 years later, returning it to Cameroonian control. 50+ people were killed at the start of the conflict and the full withdrawal of Nigerians. The conflict enormously ended on the 25th of September 2009 with an amnesty deal. Since then, spoardic clashes have occurred in Bakassi. Only one local group, the Bakassi Freedom Fighters, or the BFF for short, and extremists from the Niger Delta as well as Biafran separatists continue to fight.
== The war ==
On 6:30 in the morning, Nigerian forces crossed the border shot a Cameroonian soldier. In response, the Cameroonian military called for the strike back. Then the Nigerians started to advance east towards Cameroon's border with Chad, a neutral country in the war.
Cameroon ordered it's troops to hold of the Nigerians by starting a counterattack known by the name Operation Winter Desert. However, it failed due to the lack of air superiority and bad weather. The Nigerians occupy the northern part of Cameroon. After that, the offensive into Yaounde began. Most of the Cameroonian territory got occupied by the Nigerians.
On April Fools day, Nigerian military encircled Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, thus beginning the Battle of Yaounde, the final major battle in the war. Paul Biya, to avoid getting killed by Nigerian forces, flees to Equatorial Guinea, another neutral country in the war, forcing Cameroon to surrender.
== Aftermath ==
As Cameroonian president Paul Biya fled to Equatorial Guinea, the Treaty of Lagos was going to be signed. Without Paul Biya to sign the treaty, Joseph Ngute came to sign the treaty. The terms of the treaty included the following:
# Cameroon will be annexed by Nigeria
# The Democratic Republic of Bakassi will be proclaimed, but will be a client state of Nigeria.
# Yaounde will be under military control for 5 years.
# The Democratic Republic of Bakassi will be scheduled for annexation to Nigeria by 2038.
Paul Biya was not signing the treaty and putting his signature there as he already was in Equatorial Guinea.
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