A Nigerian poet, Ndukwe Onuoha, has been elected as a councillor in the United Kingdom.
Onuoha was elected on the platform of the Labour Party to represent the Mackworth and New Zealand ward in Derby City Council.
According to a tweet on the council’s Twitter account on Friday, the Nigerian poet was elected alongside Gaurav Pandey and John Whitby.
“MACKWORTH & NEW ZEALAND RESULTS
“Ndukwe Onuoha (Labour), Gaurav Pandey (Conservatives), John Whitby (Labour) have been elected. Labour GAIN,” it tweeted.
https://twitter.com/DerbyCC/status/1654474123857240065
In the results shared on the Derby City Council’s website, Onuoha polled 1,168 votes to become a councillor.
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.
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