Nigeria to receive 119 looted Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands in June.

[Augusta]

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments has said Nigeria will be receiving 119 looted Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands in June.

The bronzes were looted during the British attack on Benin Kingdom in 1897 and found their way to the Netherlands.
Of the 119 objects being returned, 113 of them were among the Dutch State Collection.

 

[Min George]

The bronze carvings that would be returned would not add anything to our economy. They can as well keep it.

 

[eLdavis]

What do they plan on doing with this right now? Well there might be some elders who might be excited about this news.

 

[Augusta]

Well, let them.be return first. It is still our own. We can keep them
as monuments or still sell them out for monetary rewards