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A Labour councillor who was suspended over allegedly homophobic tweets has quit the party, claiming she is the “victim of neo-liberal social witch-hunting”.

Chika Amadi, who has been on Harrow Council since 2014, has denied any wrongdoing and hit out at Labour for her “completely unfair” suspension.

She was suspended on July 31 after being accused of posting tweets which criticised gay pride marchers and labelled them “paedophiles”.

Cllr Amadi, who is also a pastor, has now officially quit the party and will see out the rest of her term as an independent councillor.

In a fiery statement, she claimed she was a “prisoner of conscience” and a “victim of neo-liberal social witch-hunting”.

She said: “It is unfortunate that my tweets were misinterpreted, taken out of context and misconstrued while I was vilified, bullied, intimidated, demonised and abused by innumerable people for expressing my thoughts.”

Cllr Amadi added: “Clearly, from the way I have been treated, it seems to me that the protection of the LGBT community is more important than the rights of the rest of us who may think the actions and behaviors of certain members of the group, in certain cases are questionable and deplorable (sic).

“I have lost everything within the Party: my re-selection, possible election, and my future political career within the Labour Party because of overreaction of the General Secretary and determination to prioritise protection of the LGBT group against other communities with differing characteristics, irrespective how unfair the action might be.”

The saga began when Cllr Amadi shared a story from Christian news website LifeSiteNews about nude men at a Gay Pride event in Toronto forcing a little girl to "cover her eyes".

The tweet, since-deleted, added: “Nothing but paedophilia being labelled liberalism adults polluting children with their senselessness.”

When other Twitter users accused her of homophobia, a tweet sent in response read: “Evil. If you dare walk naked in front of my child God will give you terrible assignment that will put you to perpetual sleep. Be warned.”

A further tweet from her account read: “You did not vote me in and You cannot remove me. Keep your mouth where your money is. Keep busy and stop nosing around.”

Harrow Council's leader, Sachin Shah, told the Standard she “absolutely rejected and condemned these abhorrent statements”.

"Homophobic views have no place in our community – which is one of the most diverse and accepting in all of the UK,” she added.

The Standard has approached Labour HQ for comment.