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US Journalist Slams British Museum Over Plans To Loan Nigeria Stolen Statues

US Journalist Shaun King, has called out a British Museum over plans to loan Nigeria bronze statues they stole from old Benin empire.

Recall that it was reported that while other countries, like Greece over the Elgin Marbles, have refused to accept anything other than a permanent return of treasures seized during the colonial era, some Nigerian officials expressed willingness to settle for borrowing back what was stolen from them.

Two hundred of the Benin Bronzes were taken to the British Museum, although some items have also gone to museums in Oxford and Cambridge, and others have ended up in institutions all over Europe and the US.

However reacting to this, US Journalist Shaun King wrote on Instagram;

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