I just hope this is not fake ..

Oba may Buhari never call you oooo...

Nice one

Nice one. But how many of our stolen heritage can they return?

Yesterday again I did some more studying on the 1897 Benin massacre...Damn

donforeign:
I just hope this is not fake ..

it is not fake

gevans:

You made a valid point. However, the govt can keep those artifacts in a museum. People will come from all over the world to see them. You know what that means, revenue generation.

People have finished seeing it in the UK....what we have is charf!!

BigAPP:
Nice one. But how many of our stolen heritage can they return.

What do you mean by "our" ?

You snapped the entire television.

And so?

Whether na the original or fake, it will not add any value to edolites

Edolites need good governance. That's what will bring development and advancement, not bronze head & cockerel.

illicit:
Make dem check well

Oyinbo fit don rig or swap am

Why are they returning them?

Jaz dey work, Jaz dey work

Yet these white men destroyed the wall of Benin and stole their artefacts and other resources. They are returning it more than 100 years later due to their own will power and the 'kindness' of their heart not because of any spiritual punishment or tribulation.

Yet people dey kill their fellow countrymen for the promise of riches

Una no wan wise for this country at all

They have made enough money from it in their museum na.

I am very sure Mr Cockerel won't be happy to be back in Nigeria, dem for just leave am "in the abroad"

Europe be robbing clueless and naive continents since 1700 AD!!!

DemMannaScam:
And so?

Whether na the orinal or fake one it will not add any value to edolites

Edolites need good governance. That's what brings development and advancement, not bronze

First of all, we are not called "edolites", unlike you, we don't worship Israel. We are part of the Edo people of Benin empire, and to refer to those of us within Edo state, you actually have to say "people of Edo-state".

Also your logic seem flawed: since we need development, we should abandon our cultural heritage ? How does that make sense ? How does getting back our cultural heritage stop us from getting development ?
If anything the return of Benin artefacts will boost tourism in Edo-state and therefore add to Edo-state economy and help the development of Edo-state.
So try and make sense instead of being a hater.

Well, I am glad the thieving Brits returned the artifacts. The artifacts were never meant to be in the possession of the thieving Brits to begin with.

Don't think the oyibo willingly returned these deities they regarded as artifacts. The ancestral spirits are beginning to disturb them, thereby compelling them to do the needful.

tarantino1:
Jaz dey work, Jaz dey work

Yet these white men destroyed the wall of Benin and stole their artefacts and other resources. They are returning it more than 100 years later due to their own will power and the 'kindness' of their heart not because of any spiritual punishment or tribulation.

Yet people dey kill their fellow countrymen for the promise of riches

Una no wan wise for this country at all

Why must imbeciles always deviate topics and relate every woe in Nigeria to us Edo ? Look tell your brothers to stop doing ritual killings, you don't need to mention our name while doing so or to do it in a topic about our returned artefacts.
Make your own topic and discuss with your wayward psychopath brothers who like to do ritual killings.

Archworld:
It's a beautiful feeling but I think the whites would value it more than us. In fact they were the ones that even made us to know such thing exist because they took care of it over the years. Whites attach values to many things . The ones that were not stolen by the whites , where are they today? I guess dust has finished them . Africa lack maintenance culture . We only begin to value things when they are stolen

They value it more than us?

Why didn't they make it?

See mentality!!

Are you from Benin? Who is the "US"

Are you among?

illicit:
Make dem check well

Oyinbo fit don rig or swap am

Agreed!

Generations have since passed that the artefacts were kept overseas...
How would the Oba verify its authenticity?

Archworld:



Your are deviating by raising a different argument entirely . No one argued that whatever they stole doesn't belong to Benin people . If I were to argue blindly with you , I would remind you that there is not part of Nigeria that is greater that the whole country, the constituents make up the whole. There is nothing like the sovereign Benin kingdom, but the Sovereign Federal Republic of Nigeria. I agree that every kingdom had their sovereignty, but that was in the past. In our current constitution, even your chiefs and kingdoms are now under the local governments , no matter the relevance you attach to it. The past is history , stop arguing with emotion because you are from Bini. The law of Nigeria takes hold of all

All we were talking about was about maintenance, I expected you to argue on this , not raise a different argument that you can't win

You don't need to argue much with these people, typical of "Nigeria mentality ", always arguing with emotions

illicit:
Make dem check well

Oyinbo fit don rig or swap am

God bless you because I also do not trust those white guys.

Bahamas95:
They have made enough money from it in their museum na.

I am very sure Mr Cockerel won't be happy to be back in Nigeria, dem for just leave am "in the abroad"

No that might be a replica because they know Nigeria doesn’t have radio carbon dating technology to determine whether they are fake or original.A “well respected “ school kept a stolen artifact for more than 100 years should have let you know something.White people don’t have emotions or sentiments like black peoples. Their mind is blank on those

gevans:

You made a valid point. However, the govt can keep those artifacts in a museum. People will come from all over the world to see them. You know what that means, revenue generation.

His point is, Britain took some, what about the ones Britain didn’t take why are they not in museum. Where are they right now? If not for them this present one somebody go don burn am say na witch or they would have thrown it away as trash a long time ago

Where they wan come keep am wey boys no go reloot am like palliative abi oba of Lagos staff of office ni?

Very nice one.
Another piece of good news for a change . . .
Never knew this iconic bronze head was not in Benin City.

They have more to return

Ghostwon6511:

Look, again, you really don't know nor understand us the Edo and you keep confusing us with yourself !

Your monarch, is a fake monarch whose relevancy was made up by the British in order for him to serve the British interests.
Our Oba (Benin !), is a true emperor, the British had to defeat his army in order to take over our land and create Nigeria.
Your fake monarch is under the authority of your local government ! Our Oba is under no such authority, it is even blasphemy to contemplate such an idea !

We are not you ! You have your particularities and we have ours !

I already told you that we maintain our treasures very well, nobody can take care of our ancestral belongings better than us.
So save your concerns for your white masters and your none existent ancestral treasures.

this one wey u just dey run ur mouth ontop cock ( artifact) wey oyibo pipu don use him pant finish. Am waiting for this thing to develop ur State ( binin kingdom). Binin pipu wey winch no gree them stay there village.smh!

Bob risky where are you, he has finally gotten a chick

Ghostwon6511:

Why must imbeciles always deviate topics and relate every woe in Nigeria to us Edo ? Look tell your brother's to stop doing ritual killings, you don't need to mention our name while doing so or to do it in a topic about our returned artefacts.
Make your own topic and discuss with your wayward psychopath brothers who like to do ritual killings.

As long as they are Nigerians like yourself, they are your brothers.

No matter how you try to separate yourself from them based on tribe and state and other nonsense, you are all one.

This is not 1880 where you identity by your tribe before anything else. In 2022, you are a Nigerian first before anything.

And even if I were to follow your logic, it was only two months ago when an Edo man named Osas killed his girlfriend for money rituals. The same powerless god that couldn't fight for his people when the white descerated the land is the same one he sacrificed his girlfriend to for riches.

Enjoy your evening newspaper artifacts, dolt.