Three Nigerian, from Imo State, Mrs. Victoria Obaze, been sworn-in as the first black female Civic Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the United Kingdom (UK).
Obaze’s inauguration on Wednesday is the latest in turn of events that have seen Nigerians emerge as Mayors in their area councils of residence in the UK.
Obaze who contested three previous councillorship elections in 2010, 2014 as well as 2016 but failed, eventually succeeded in an election conducted on May 5, 2018 in Whitechapel Ward.
Mr. Ernest Ezeajughi and Mrs. Kate Anorue, both from Anambra State, were recently sworn-in as Mayors of London Borough of Brent and Enfield respectively.
She later became the Council’s Deputy Speaker following her nomination by her Councillor Colleagues from where she took over the mantle as Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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