LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria expects to get more of its plundered Benin Bronzes back from Western museums and collectors as early as next year as global Black Lives Matter protests spur repatriation campaigns, a senior official said.Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state whose capital is Benin City, said discussions were underway about several returns that would be a boost for a broader movement building across Africa and beyond seeking colonial-era loot. Plans had been drawn up to build a centre to store and study the returned artefacts by the end of 2021, and a permanent museum by 2025, Obaseki told Reuters. “The whole Black Lives Matter movement has ... added some urgency to the conversation,” he said. British soldiers seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures during a raid on the then separate Kingdom of Benin in 1897. The “bronzes” - actually copper alloy relief sculptures, many showing court figures - were auctioned off and then spread among institutions from New Zealand to Germany and the United States, with the biggest collection in London.