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The Mayor of Urhoboland, Eshanakpe Israel a.k.a Akpodoro, has congratulated King Charles III of England on his recent coronation as king over the ancient Kingdom.
In a message signed by him, he called on the British Monarch to use his tenure to right the wrongs committed by the kingdom against Africans in the past by ensuring restitution is paid to those nations of the world where his great forebears invaded and looted.
He noted that his campaign for restitution by the Western world is one of the cardinal objectives of his mayoral leadership as he challenged King Charles to lead from the front by returning looted treasures.
He stressed further that human history particularly in the 18th,19th and 20th centuries were replete with how the British empire dehumanised the black race for want of criminal enrichment for which he called on King Charles to commence immediately the process of global healing, adding that United Kingdom have no single gold mine but have the largest gold storage in the world.
Akpodoro said, while he congratulate the King for the privilege to mount the throne of his great forebears, he should be reminded that his progenitors inflicted both emotional and physical pains in the minds of African children who he noted grew from the ashes of embarrassing global imperialism championed by the Great Britain.
The history of Nigeria for instance, he noted is still fresh with the relics of colonialism pivoted by the British against humanity, a development he said metamorphosed by the British into neo colonialism, stating: “King Charles’ Kingdom must stop aiding and abetting crimes and criminalities in Africa by warehousing stolen monies originally meant for the development and growth of African nations.”
