120 years ago on Wednesday 15 September 1897 His Majesty Oba Overami was awoken at the dead of night at 4 a.m. to be taken to Calabar on the protectorate Yacht Ivy on exile. Consul General Moor after annexing Benin Kingdom into the British Empire banished the king from his country for life.
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Read about the major players in the colonisation of Benin Kingdom by the British here --->