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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Mar 1

    A Ben Enwonwu painting, which was lost for almost 40 years, has been sold for £1.2m ($1.7m). 🎨pic.twitter.com/AS8VVx87sK

    6:16 AM - 1 Mar 2018
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      1. akosua sapaning‏ @akosuasapaning2 Mar 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @wanlov

        Why does it have to be associated with the Mona Lisa? its 'Tutu", plain n simple.

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      1. Ofor‏ @oforokeke Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @AbujaCityDotCom

        Lost or Stolen? Pls clarify.

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      2. Raphael Dapaah‏ @RaphDapaah Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Neli_Nel

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      3. Mireilly‏ @Neli_Nel Mar 1
        Replying to @RaphDapaah @BBCAfrica

        Amazing! Hopefully the other two will surface after this!

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      1. Seraphim‏ @gabearii Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Baba God don pick the owner call...

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      1. Adaeze‏ @dphynyx Mar 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Lost, then suddenly found not anywhere but in a "modest London flat",then immediately sold and the buyer is unknown. Am I the only one that needs clarification here?

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      1. Duch‏ @dotuncoker Mar 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @lagosfinest

        La familia

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      1. Omoniyi Onanubi‏ @niyionanubi Mar 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Ambrosia_Ijebu

        ...worth stealing = worth buying 😀

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      1.  🇳🇬 King George  👑‏ @ChykAmbush Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Owusuism

        I have a Tutu print currently at home. How much?pic.twitter.com/xlECdUbehj

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      1. Houdini‏ @JoudiniHoudini Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yeah, it was lost. The diamond on the crown of your queen was also lost too. Reparations will be effected no matter how long it takes.

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      2. Far-famed  🍯 🍯‏ @ahmad_Mciver Mar 5
        Replying to @salmahsaa @BBCAfrica @AminuWaziri

        The colonizers always have a way to make it seem interesting

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      1. IG: julianbassey‏ @JulianBassey Mar 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Interesting. What baffles me is where it was found.

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      1. Munir Ibn Nasr‏ @munex007 Mar 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @kola_aina

        It was not lost... It was stolen...

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      1. Dhaal Mapuor‏ @Dhaal2 Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        They have stolen so many precious resources in Africa.

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      1. Billy.‏ @Billy46890835 Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Wow Ben Enwonwu's work .

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      1. Isibor Ebasina Ben‏ @eromosele231 Mar 1
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Thing is you can't trace her family back through meeting with the present Ooni. If the throne was hereditary, knowing who she was would have been easy. But 40 years isn't that far back though.

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