Italian footballer Mario Balotelli has attacked the country's first black senator in an online post.

Toni Iwobi was elected on Sunday for the anti-immigration Lega party.

"Maybe I'm blind or perhaps they have not told him yet that he is black. But shame!!!" the footballer posted on Instagram.

Born in northern Nigeria, Mr Iwobi came to Italy in 1976 and became a councillor for Lega (the League) in tthe Lombardy city of Spirano in 1995.

The Italy striker, who plays for French Ligue 1 side Nice, put his post on Instagram on Tuesday.

Accompanying the text was a photo of Mr Iwobi and League leader Matteo Salvini, both raising clenched fists and wearing T-shirts saying "Stop Invasion" at an anti-immigration rally.

While there have been black members of Italy's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, the 62-year-old Toni Iwobi is the first black senator.

In a Facebook post celebrating his election, Mr Iwobi thanked Mr Salvini, who he called "a great leader".


'Friends, it is with great emotion that I inform you that I was elected senator of the Republic! After over 25 years of battles in the great family of the league, it is about to start another great adventure! My thanks go to Matteo Salvini, a great leader who led the league to become the first centre-Centre force of the country! I have to thank then my National Secretary Paolo Grimoldi, my now former provincial secretary and new Congressman Daniele Belotti, the whole team of the department for work done over these years, the great league militants and all facebook friends for their support . I can't forget my family, without them I wouldn't have come here today because they never stopped supporting me and being close to me!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm ready, friends!'

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For anti immigration? Comon mehn

Ok

We even hate ourselves. Na wa. Black mehn mentality

My boy

I no even understand sef

na wa ooooooooooo

Dis one still dey play?

I regret being a black man. See how we kill each other mentally and physically

Uncle Ruckus comes to mind

A black immigrant supporting a party that is anti-immigration.

A house nigger they called such in the American South.

Onijagidijagan:
Na Hausa man he be sef ....no pigs born and brought up in potopoto lands succeed outside their enclave.

You are high

Maybe Balotelli has a point. He is not pleased that Sen. Toni Iwobi stands for Anti-immigration alongside a party that is out to flush out blacks from the country thru the immigration route.... which means blacks like Balo will get limited chances to access Italy. It may look like hate on Ball's part and maybe partly it is but well, be reminded that Balo is Ghanaian by blood and his parents migrated there I think without which we may never know or hear of the Balotelli we know today in football. Remember his brilliance at Euro 2012.



So on this, maybe Toni Iwobi and Donald Trump, the trumper of Hillary share something similar.... #Anti-immigration #SendThemBackTotheirHut campaigns...

So Balo do have a point even though he may have been pretty harsh on his fellow black man.


I can imagine Trump, because of #AntiImmigration lines, smiling at Toni Iwobi like....

Hmmm

Anti Immigration keh...Ahaha..
Let him start his tenure and we'll see if he'll go the trump way

and he's Igbo ooo

Throwback:
A black immigrant supporting a party that is anti-immigration.

A house nigger they called such in the American South.

Who you be calling a house nigga ? Nigga boy??
I am.suffering from asking diseases called niggavitiligo

Which makes white people black



That's what he said

The man is a beerfraud man we Nigerians don't condone racism in any form

you all complaining should relax. Nigerians and hypocrisy are like 5 and 6. so if they had given the job to you, let's be sincere will you say No.
beside positions like this are meant to tackle illegal immigration.

Over to those ignorant ones celebrating his election. They are so clannish that they don't know what not to celebrate and what to.

Onijagidijagan:
Na Hausa man he be sef ....no pigs born and brought up in potopoto lands succeed outside their enclave.

Haba which one u dey...most of the southern leaders drank the northern water to become famous.
Zik,ojukwu,Ike nwachukwu etc

Kettle calling pot black.

zinaunreal:
I regret being a black man. See how we kill each other mentally and physically

He didn't in anyway shame him. Sarcasm. Journalists should know better. I think his comment was to those Italians who talk him down for being black.

No one anti-immigration, just anti 'illegal' immigration. Idi.ots like Balloteli need to learn the difference.

The Senator only would want to help stop the influx of the "children of Peace" from escaping from the "peaceful" atmosphere they created in Syria and Libya, and enter into Italy to create "Peace".
Illegal immigrants or Islamic refugees must be kept outside of non-Islamic area to protect non-Islamic individuals from 'Peace'.

InfernoNig:
We even hate ourselves. Na wa. Black mehn mentality

Must he support him cause he's black?

Onijagidijagan:
Na Hausa man he be sef ....no pigs born and brought up in potopoto lands succeed outside their enclave.

an chinua achebe didn't succeed?