France returns stolen artefact to Nigeria
France yesterday returned a stolen artefact to Nigeria.
The about 900-year-old statute was recovered by French customs at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris from the luggage of a man whose identity was not disclosed.
French Ambassador, Mr. Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, handed over the statute of Kwara origin and the restitution documents to the Director General of the National Council for Museum and Monument, Dr. Abdalla Usman, at a reception to commemorate the French National Day in Abuja.
Labriolle described the statue as of great artistic and antropologic value.
He recalled that five items of Nok origin were returned to Nigeria in February this year by the French government.
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