Italy's first black Senator is a member of the anti-migrant League, Nigerian-origin Toni Iwobi, now a Bergamo resident who has been in Matteo Salvini's party for more than 20 years. Iwobi, 62, is an IT entrepreneur. He became a town councillor for the League at Spirano in 1995.
Since then he has been a committed activist and has become the party's immigration and security chief, speaking regularly on Italian TV.
Iwobi has been in Italy for 38 years.
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