PHOTOS: Italy Elects Nigerian Man As First Black Senator
Toni Iwobi, a Nigerian IT entrepreneur who has spent 38 years in Italy, has been elected as the first black senator in the European coun...
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He was elected on the platform of Matteo Salvini, a party accused of stirring up xenophobia in Italy.
Iwobi was elected in the industrial city of Brescia in northern Italy.
“It is with great excitement that I can tell you I have been elected senator,” he said in a brief statement.
A member of the anti-migrant League, Iwobi emerged a town councillor in 1995.
Ansa en Politics, an Italian website, described him as a committed activist.
Iwobi is said to be the party’s immigration and security chief, speaking regularly on Italian TV.
