A British citizen has returned two statues taken from the Benin Kingdom 117 years ago during the invasion of Benin by British soldiers, prompting calls for other treasures to be repatriated. The House of Representatives, called on the British Parliament to intervene in Nigeria’s efforts to get stolen artifacts in various museums in the United Kingdom repatriated. The House in adopting a motion calling for the repatriation of the artifacts also took a decision to communicate it to the British parliament
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Mark Walker, grandson of Capt. Herbert Walker, This picture was taken at the Oba Akenzua Cultural Center now in Edo State, Nigeria. In 2014 he returned bronzes looted during the 1897 Benin Punitive Expedition. Credit : Princess Akporaro Enaroseha.
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