A smuggled Ife Terracotta antiquity dated to be at least 600 years old, has been Officially presented by the Kingdom of Netherlands on Thursday, to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at a ceremony held in Abuja.
Receiving the repatriated object, the minister said it was smuggled through the airport in Ghana before getting to Europe in 2019. The smuggler had obtained forged documents purported to be from a former Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The smuggler ultimately passed through the airport in Ghana before getting to Europe in 2019.
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