Nigeria To Vigorously Pursue Repatriation Of Artefacts – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian Government will continue to vigorously pursue the repatriation of looted the nation’s artefacts from abroad, including 1,130 Benin Bronzes in Germany’s public museums.

The President gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja while receiving the Traditional Ruler of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, accompanied by members of the Royal Court of Benin and the Board of Trustees of the Benin Royal Museum.

The Monarch was at State House to thank the President for the recent return of two important Benin Bronzes to their original place of abode by the University of Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen, both in the United Kingdom, after 125 years.