MANCHESTER – State Rep. Richard Komi, a Nigerian refugee who won a seat in the Legislature less than two years after acquiring U.S. citizenship, has announced he will run for mayor.
"I will be running as a fresh face," Komi said. "This is fresh breath that will be coming to Manchester politics."
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Komi came to New Hampshire in 1999. He had fled southern Nigeria four years earlier, at a time when the government was cracking down on activists, such as himself, who campaigned against the foreign oil companies that polluted local waters and devastated the area's important fishing and farming industries.
Today, Komi works with disabled children at Easter Seals. He is married and has three children, ages 5, 3 and 18 months.
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