* Umunna |
United Kingdom Parliamentary elections held Thursday, May 8, 2017.
The seven British citizens of Nigerian descent who emerged victorious in the elections includes
Chi Onwurah, Newscastle Central; Kate Osamor, Edmonton; Kemi Badenock, Saffron Walden; and Bim
Afolani, Hitchin and Harpenden.
Others include Chuka Umunna, Streatham; Fiona Onasanya, Peterbrough and Helen Grant, Maidstone
and the Weald.l
In a statement, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on foreign
Affairs and Diaspora states that their unique victory is ''....further evidence that Nigerians
anywhere in the World will continue to excel and make the Country proud''
One of the elected Parliamentarians, Umunna, born 1978 of Nigerian and British parentage was
first elected to the British Parliament in 2010 as a member of the Labour Party
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