Just when one thinks one has heard the worst madness possible for the European Union, another more ridiculous issue comes to the fore. The insane “rules” by which British elections are held means that Nigerian citizens who have Nigerian nationality and who are currently living in Nigeria, will be able to vote in all elections in Britain and the Euro elections in particular — by proxy, without leaving their homes in Africa.

The madness was revealed in an article in the Daily Independent newspaper in Lagos, Nigeria, where the leader of a political party called the “Christian Party” announced that it was setting up registration centres in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, where prospective voters can fill all necessary forms and have them mailed free of charge to the electoral commission in the United Kingdom.

The “Christian Party” called on Nigerian voters to support the party as part of its “efforts at righting some of the perceived wrongs in the British society.”

The Christian Party, also called “Scottish Christian Party” and “Welsh Christian Party”, is a “Christian Rights” political organisation in Great Britain, headed by the Reverend George Hargreaves, who claims to be the first Afro-Caribbean leader of a British political party.

Mr Hargreaves told a press conference in Lagos that his party plans to build a voting bloc among “British Nigerians and other Africans.”

He addressed the media alongside Abraham Usikaro, a one-time Nigerian journalist and the party’s International Campaign Manager. Mr Hargreaves said any Nigerian who had lived in Britain for ten years was eligible to vote, provided he registers with the Electoral Commission before May 10.

The Daily Independent said that Mr Hargreaves’s party was fielding “70 candidates in London, Scotland, and Whales [sic] for the EU poll.”

Mr Hargreaves said it was time Africans vote in Britain’s election “for better bargaining power in its politics,” telling his supporters that “registration form can also be downloaded from the electoral commission’s website.”

According to the Daily Independent, Mr Hargreaves added that his “party is ready to open another registration centre elsewhere, on request from interested persons or communities, arguing that whatever votes is given the party is for Jesus and uprightness of the society.

“According to him, the party, if elected, would fight against the British culture that denies parents the right to discipline their wards, and empowers the social service workers to take possession of such children. Insisting that this practice is a racist policy targeted at Africans, Hargreaves identified it as major cause of delinquency among the adolescent and ungodly behaviours in British society,” all according to the Daily Independent.

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