US EditionKemi Badenoch says she no longer identifies as Nigerian
UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 1 – Kemi Badenoch has not renewed her Nigerian passport for over 20 years and cites political instability and lack of future prospects in Nigeria as reasons for identifying solely with the UK.
- On Friday, Kemi Badenoch revealed she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not held a Nigerian passport for over two decades during the Rosebud podcast.
- Kemi Badenoch, amid her parents’ fears of Nigeria’s future, said she has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s, after moving to south London at age 16.
- Reacting to Badenoch’s remarks, Nigeria’s Vice President’s spokesperson said she “has every right to dissociate herself from Nigeria” and “She is not the PR for Nigeria.”
- The North West Essex MP said her early experiences in Nigeria shaped her political outlook, including why she doesn’t like socialism, and noted that people’s respectful treatment in Britain fuels her readiness to defend the country against racism claims.
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Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, has said she no longer considers herself Nigerian and has not held a Nigerian passport in over two decades. Speaking on the Rosebud podcast hosted by Gyles Brandreth, Badenoch said that while her ancestry is Nigerian and she spent part of her childhood in the country, she does not identify with the nationality. “I am Nigerian through ancestry, by birth, despite not being born…
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left
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45% Left
L 45%
C 36%
R 18%
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