Photos from the swearing-in of Olugbenga Babatola as the first African Mayor of the Royal Greenwich, London

Nigerian-born Olugbenga Babatola was sworn-in as the new and first African Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South-East London in an inauguration ceremony held on Wednesday May 25, 2016.



The 59-year-old married father of four and grandfather of one, is Greenwich's first ever Mayor of African descent. See previous post here. More photos after the cut.