{"id":16985,"date":"2023-05-17T09:43:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/?p=16985"},"modified":"2023-05-17T09:43:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:43:39","slug":"nigerian-immigrant-yemi-mobolade-makes-history-as-first-elected-black-mayor-of-colorado-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/2023\/05\/17\/nigerian-immigrant-yemi-mobolade-makes-history-as-first-elected-black-mayor-of-colorado-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian immigrant, Yemi Mobolade makes history as first elected black Mayor of Colorado Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and successful businessman, has been elected the mayor of Colorado Springs, a municipality in Colorado in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He won the seat with no political experience. Mobolade becomes the mayor after he defeated Wayne Williams on Tuesday night in the city\u2019s runoff contest.<\/p>\n<p>Mobolade&#8217;s victory represents a political earthquake in Colorado Springs, long known as a conservative stronghold. Wayne Williams is a Republican while Mobolade is unaffiliated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/2023\/01\/13\/atiku-under-fire-over-condemnation-of-german-based-nigerians-murder\/\">The Nigerian<\/a>\u00a0received 57% of the vote to Williams\u2019 43% as of 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Williams conceded at about 7:30 p.m. When the second batch of results was released shortly before 9 p.m., the percentages hadn\u2019t shifted.<\/p>\n<p>Mobolade will succeed Mayor John Suthers, a former federal prosecutor and Colorado attorney general who was term-limited, to become the city\u2019s 42nd mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Mobolade, a married father of three, moved to Colorado Springs in 2010 and quickly became a leader in the business community.<\/p>\n<p>He cofounded two popular restaurants \u2014 The Wild Goose Meeting House and Good Neighbours Meeting House \u2014 in Colorado\u2019s second-largest city and served as its small business development administrator.<\/p>\n<p>He was also the vice president of business retention and expansion for the Colorado Springs Chamber and Economic Development Corporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and successful businessman, has been elected the mayor of Colorado Springs, a municipality in Colorado in the United States. 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