Londoners will be heading to the polls on 6 May to elect a mayor plus 25 London Assembly members. The election was meant to take place in May last year, but was postponed due to the pandemic. Normally, elections take place every four years - and more than six million people in London are registered to vote. Voters can pick a first and a second preference for Mayor. The candidates with least votes are knocked out and their second preferences.
By the time London voters go to polls to elect the new Mayor of London on May 6, one of the candidates to that exalted seat, a British Nigerian , Nims Obunge will be counting on his campaign against violent crimes and his bridge building efforts in the last 30 years to get votersâ endorsement, reports Festus Akanbi
As 2021 London mayoral election gathers momentum, with all the candidates intensifying their campaigns, analysts said the chance of the incumbent Mayor, Sadiq Khan to carry the day is slim giving the rising profiles of other contenders. One of those jostling for the exalted seat is the Nigerian-born Nims Obunge, an independent candidate, who argues that the city of London has reached a dispensation when the destiny of the people should not be left at the mercy of politicians alone.