(ANSA) - Milan, March 6 - 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.
Italy's first black Senator League member
Nigerian-origin IT man Tony Iwobi, 62