Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has said that she no longer recognizes Nigerian and has not renewed her passport since the early 2000s.
Badenoch, born in Britain, grew up in both Nigeria and America. She returned to England at the age of 16 due to Nigeria’s deteriorating political and economic environment and to continue her education.
Speaking on the Rosebad Podcast of former MP and television presenter Giles Brandrath, he said he “through Nigerian”, although “identity”, I am not really “.
Last year, Badenoch faced criticism from the vice -president of Nigeria, who said that he had “maligned” the West African country.
Badenoch, who lives in Lagos, spoke in length about her upbringing podcast,
“I know the country well, I have a lot of families, and I am very interested there what happens there. But the house is where I have a family now.”
On not renewing my passport, he said: “I do not identify with it in any way, most of my life has lived in Britain and I have never felt the need for now.”
He said, “I am Nigerian through descendants since birth, despite not being born because of my parents … but I am not really by identity.”
Badenoch said that when she visits the country, she had to get a visa when her father died, which was a “big fandango”.
He said that his early experiences in Nigeria gave shape to his political outlook, “why I don’t like socialism”.
As a child, “I remember that I was never realizing that I belong to there”, she says she remembers “coming back to Britain in 1996 thinking that it’s home”.
At the end of last year, Badenoch was criticized to say that she was raised in fear and insecurity in Nigeria, which was plagued by corruption.
The country’s vice -president Kashim Shetima replied, saying that his government had “proud” on Badenoch despite his efforts to discredit its native nation. A spokesperson of Badenoch criticized.
