FG Calls On Europe To Return Benin’s Stolen Artefacts

  In preeparation for the country’s centennial anniversary celebration, the Federal Government has embarked on a search for some of the nation’s lost treasures.
The Federal Government has called on European Nations in possession of over 3000 artworks believed to have been stolen by British expedition personnel during the Benin invasion to return them particularly as the nation prepares to celebrate its centennial anniversary.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Mr. Edem Duke, made the call on Tuesday at a meeting of Nigerian officials and European Museum Representatives over the Benin Bronzes in European museums.
Duke said countries like Germany, Denmark, Italy, and the United States of America had at various times returned artefacts to their original owners and expressed optimism that Britain would also do same to Nigeria.