By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Federal Government has stated that it will receive other stolen artefacts from U.S. and Scotland in October.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Saturday in Lagos at a media briefing.
He said as quoted by the Vanguard, “In March 2021, the University of Aberdeen in Scotland agreed to return a Benin Bronze from its collections.
“We shall take possession of this in October this year.
“We have also secured a date in October 2021 for the repatriation of antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
“These antiquities consist of two important Benin Bronzes and an exquisite Ife Bronze head,’’ he said.
Mohammed recalled that in Oct. 2020, the Netherlands returned a highly-valued 600-year-old Ife Terracotta while Mexico returned a bronze piece in April 2021.
“The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom has also agreed to return a disputed Benin artefact.
“We will soon commence the procedure for the repatriation of this highly-valued piece,’’ he said.