Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, will take physical possession of two more bronzes from Cambridge and Aberdeen in the United Kingdom on Saturday.
This is according to a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin by Frank Irobor, Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council.
According to Irabor, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, will return the artifacts to Oba of Benin in his palace in accordance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive.
“The general public is hereby invited to join His Royal Majesty in receiving the Benin Bronzes of Okpa “Cockerel” and the Bronze burst of an Oba (Uhunilao) both from Jesus College, Cambridge in Britain and Aberdeen in Scotland, respectively. The general public is invited to the physical handing over of the Benin Bronze artefacts to the Oba of Benin. All invited guests are to be seated by 11am,” the statement read in part.
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