The Benin Palace and the Edo State government have been at loggerheads over where the artefacts will be housed. These antiquities consist of two important Benin Bronzes and an exquisite Ife Bronze head. We have agreed that there is no going back on the issue of returning the Benin Bronzes. “On the German authorities’ proposal to return a ‘substantial part’ of the Benin Bronzes. I told the Germans that Nigeria is averse to attaching pre-conditions to repatriating the Benin Bronzes.

Source: The Guardian July 18, 2021 04:30 UTC