A Nigerian man visited the British Museum to request that the Benin kingdom artifacts which were allegedly stolen since the 1980's, be returned. The entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ambassador Dion Osagie from Edo state - revealed that his visit to the museum on the quest of recovering the items was worth more than anything to him.

The British museum boasts the second largest collection of art from the Benin kingdom after the Ethnological Museum in Berlin.

It has been reported that the British Museum will host a summit along with other European museums to discuss the return of bronze artifacts looted in 1897 from the kingdom of Benin, now southern Nigeria. It will conduct negotiations with Nigeria and Benin about returning the items which are expected to go on permanent display in Benin City.

In the late 19th century, Britain sought to wipe out the kingdom of Benin in what became known as the “punitive expedition.” When Oba Ovonramwen, then ruler of Benin, imposed customs duties on goods leaving the territory, Britain sent 1,200 soldiers to destroy the kingdom as a form of reparations for the colonial power.

The city was set on fire and hundreds of trinkets, bronze sculptures, and valuables were stolen and later handed to the British government. Through trade and art dealership, these artifacts have mostly ended up in Germany and the United States.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/05/stolen-benin-kingdom-artifacts-spotted-at-a-british-museum.html

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Hmmmmm...... The rejected stone....

They should please return them.

Ya, you went there to ask them to return it with immediate effect

Bros abeg, who be you ??


Jumaji ?

Was it stolen or made a gift by the Oba of Benin?
I'm sure the Oba in council are aware of the presence of those artifacts at the museum. Do some background check before crying wolf.

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The post has been edited after I made my comment. When I read it, it was the facebook screenshot alone that was written.
Evanstical
Areafada2
grandstar

Am sure it wasn't stolen , it was probably sold.

Or sold.

IPOB AND CRIMES...

SINCE 1804 THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING THEIR PEOPLE AND EVEN THEMSELVES.

MODIFED: MANY IPOB YOOTS HAVE CORRECTED ME. I'M SURE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT STOLE AND SOLD THEM THO.

Shae you saw what kilmonger did in black panther...oya do the same... goodluck bro

Oduduwa

Returning it back to Nigeria will just add more spiritual problems for us. Lets just leave it there for the time being

"The greatest fraud/theft the world has ever know was perpetrated by the romans and the British"

Pls Britain, bring back all our stolen artifacts. You are still keeping thousands of them.

Is it your own?. Ehn answer me?

You took us slavery, took our territory and now you give us freedom. True Freedom is not given.

If we are free then why are you still stealing from us?... Why can't you leave us alone?

Must we be gay like you?.. Is it by force? You also want to steal our morality?

Please you have your own sculptors.. Pls return our piece of art before I.......

leke12:
Am sure it wasn't stolen , it was probably sold.

It was stolen then sold, plz be guided when you speak in public!

Yes.
They should be left there.
We can't manage them... If they were in Africa, by now it would have been used as fire food to roast bush meat.

You See your life

What kind of stupidity is this Afonja displaying.

So they should return what brings huge revenue to British Government.

I think guy is really stupid besides this is how they always claims what is not theirs.

Our Artifacts Nigeria Government stolen from us during Biafra war have they return it.


Stupid Afonja's

Won't these wonderful art works be appreciated more abroad?
I rather feel whatever negotiation should be about these bronze works being kept and exhibited abroad while an annual levy be paid to the original Benin kingdom owners.
Very few in Nigeria can take out time to go view it in Benin or wherever else in Nigeria,asides many not appreciating their value.

You think your king riding Royce came from empty land....make some background consultation b4 blaming urseld

Maybe we should buy paintings and works of Europeans and display it in our museum.

Honestly, those artworks look beautiful and adorable in the British Museum.

Nevertheless, anything stolen by a thief no matter its worth, will be worth less in the palace of the thief



Return those art works to Benin and watch them glitter with importance and value

He is from wakanda

Sarkin:
Or sold.

IPOB AND CRIMES...

SINCE 1804 THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING THEIR PEOPLE AND EVEN THEMSELVES.

I stil find it strange how youths born in Nigeria do not even know the geophysical demarcation of Nigeria, Those Artifacts are of the Benin and Yorubas trait!.Im sure the likes of you only travel btw Lagos and Ogun state thazzzzzit.So in ur waaap knowledge if you aint Yoruba or hausa you are Igbo?
This xplains the mass failure in O'level in Nigeria.

Sarkin:
Or sold.

IPOB AND CRIMES...

SINCE 1804 THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING THEIR PEOPLE AND EVEN THEMSELVES.

mods won't see this Yoruba Muslim to ban now

If returned, hope the Bini people will preserve it as well as the British Museum. Besides, being at the museum helps sell the culture to the entire world as people from all over the world come to see it as compared to Benin Musuem where only very few little kids on excursion
will manage to see it.

Just saying

OneKinGuy:
Returning it back to Nigeria will just add more spiritual problems for us. Lets just leave it there for the time being

lmao....true ooo..true...i concur wif u

They weren't stolen, they were war booties and with all booties, the winner takes all.
If taken war booties was a crime then Benin kingdom is guilty for taking same from their
weaker neighbours while also imposing permanent levies on them.

Brother , there is more value they being in the british museum, where do you want to keep those artifacts in nigeria, they will just rot to clay, search Nairaland for our so called artifacts that have not made their way out of Nigeria and all you get is abandoned artifacts carrying dust of ages, Just cut cap for the white man for valueing what the average black man considers voodoo......If a black man displays those artifacts i see , u go think say you dey Okija shrine

doctokwus:
Won't this wonderful art be appreciated more abroad?

,
erm not really, they can always be borrowed. The British Museum pay huge sums to Borrow those warriors from china each year.

HtwoOw:
Ya, you went there to ask them to return it with immediate effect

Bros abeg, who be you ??


Jumaji ?

hahahaha I no fit laugh