Nigerian poet, Ndukwe Onuoha, wins UK council election
A Nigerian poet, Ndukwe Onuoha, has been elected a councillor in his ward in the United Kingdom.
He was elected on the platform of the Labour Party to represent the Mackworth and New Zealand ward in Derby City Council.
Onuoha was said to have been nominated by his party in November 2022.
He was the only candidate of African descent to have emerged winner.
The Derby council announced the poet’s victory via a tweet on Friday, TheCable reports.
The council said Onuoha polled 1,168 votes to emerge winner as the new councillor.
“Mackworth & New Zealand results
Ndukwe Onuoha (Labour), Gaurav Pandey (Conservatives), John Whitby (Labour) have been elected. Labour GAIN,” the council tweeted.
Another Nigerian, Nwando Umeh, and a Labour Party candidate, contested as one of the representatives of the Mackworth and New Zealand ward, but lost after she polled 1,084 votes, the council said.
The law provides that a British or a citizen of the commonwealth – to which Nigeria belongs having been colonised by the British – is eligible to contest for a councillor position in the UK.
Nigerian poet, Ndukwe Onuoha, wins UK council election
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