The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, will complete the return of a looted Benin Bronze at a handover ceremony on Thursday October 28.
The ceremony will commence at 5.30 p.m. in the King’s College Conference Centre of the university, the institution announced in its media release on Wednesday.
Prince Aghatise Erediauwa, Chief Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan, the Obasuyi of Benin; Professor Abba Isa Tijani, Director of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments; Babatunde Adebiyi, the Legal Adviser of National Commission for Museums and Monuments; and Abdul Mohammed Gimba, Director, Museums, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, are expected to receive the sculpture.
They will be accompanied by Prince Isa Bayero of the Kano emirates and Mrs Edith Ekunke, retired director of the National Museum, Lagos State.
The university became the first institution to agree to the full repatriation from a museum of a Benin Bronze in March and will hand…
Source: Linda Ikeji
