Amidst pomp and ceremony, two priceless artifacts which were stolen from the Oba Palace during the 1897 punitive expedition by the British were yesterday returned to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11.
At the colourful ceremony which held at the palace ground, the Nigeria High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mr. Tunji Isola Sarafa charged Benin people to cooperate with Oba Ewuare 11 so as to ensure that the artifacts are in good shape just as they have been in the last 125 years since they were stolen and taken to the UK.
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