The Federal Government has signed an agreement with Germany for the repatriation of over 1,130 looted Benin Bronze artifacts back to the country.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made this known in an interview with Newsmen in Washington DC, after three museums in the United States repatriated 31 Benin Bronze artifacts to Nigeria.
He said the world had seen that it was an ethical and moral issue to return the artifacts back to their owners, noting that it is not a matter of law as claimed by the British Government.
The Minister commended the German Government for that effort, adding that Nigeria is also getting positive response from France and Mexico to return some of its stolen artifacts.
Mohammed noted that Nigeria is planning to sign an agreement with the British Government on November 28 to return about 86 other artefacts from various museums in United Kingdom.
