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‘I’m Not a Nigerian, I’m British’ – Chi Onwurah MP After Told of President Buhari’s Aide Congratulatory Message

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7 years ago

July 4, 2017

After Chi Onwurah, Member of Parliament for Newcastle Central was notified of President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri Erewa’s infamous congratulatory message, the Labour Party Politician has declared that she is not a Nigerian but British.

Chi Onwurah, made this known during the 2017 Caine Prize for African Literature ceremony held yesterday night in London.

Here’s Nigerian journalist and writer, Molara Wood tweet about this;

Recall that Dabiri Erewa in her congratulatory letter addressed to the Chinyelu Onwurah and 6 other British-Nigerians elected to the UK parliament, claimed that their “electoral victory shows that Nigerians excel anywhere in the world.”