At an early stage, the museum involved prof. Peju Layiwola, special advisor to the Oba of Benin in Nigeria in the provenance research, negotiated with the Oba of Benin and apologised for the way it had been using the two objects.
The museum has apologid to the Oba for having used two Benin objects for teaching purposes without the Oba’s permission.
Kwame Opoku criticises museums in Cambridge and Oxford, which had promised to return Benin objects too but are apparently not willing to negotiate with the Oba of Benin.
