Lagos — Nigerians with British passport can vote by proxy in the European Union parliamentary election due on June 4, the Christian Party said on Monday.

The disclosure came amid calls on the prospective voters to support the party as part of 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 minor Christian Rights political organisation in Great Britain, headed by the Reverend George Hargreaves, who claimed to be one of the first Afro-Caribbean leaders of a British political party.

Hargreaves told a press conference in Lagos that his party plans to build a voting bloc among British Nigerians and other Africans, who he lamented are the targets of bad policies by the country's far right politicians, especially the British National Party (BNP).

He addressed the media alongside Abraham Usikaro, a one-time Nigerian journalist and the party's International Campaign Manager.

Hargreaves said any Nigerian who had lived (legally) in Britain for 10 years are eligible to vote, provided he registers with the Electoral Commission before May 10, when registration closes. The party says it is fielding 70 candidates in London, Scotland, and Whales for the EU poll.

The party has, therefore, set up a registration centre each in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, where voters can fill all necessary forms and have them mailed free of charge to the electoral commission in the United Kingdom.

Hargreaves said it was time Africans vote in the country's election for better bargaining power in its politics, saying "registration form can also be downloaded from the electoral commission's website".

He said the 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.