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Kemi Badenoch says she no longer identifies as Nigerian
NIGERIA, AUG 1 – Kemi Badenoch has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s and views the UK as her true home due to her family's move amid concerns about Nigeria's future.
- 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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I no longer identify as a Nigerian - Kemi Badenoch
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…
Kemi Badenoch says she no longer considers herself Nigerian
Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s. Speaking to Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast, the Conservative leader, who was born in London and raised in Lagos and the United States, said: “I’m Nigerian through ancestry, by birth, despite not being born there because of my parents, but by identity I’m not really." Ms Badenoch explained she felt "home is where my now …
I don't identify with Nigeria anymore - Kemi Badenoch
The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has said she no longer identifies with Nigeria. Badenoch made the statement while speaking on the Rosebud podcast on Friday. She also disclosed that she has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s. “I have not renewed my Nigerian passport, I think, not since the early 2000s,” Badenoch said. “I’ve never quite felt that I belonged there. “I don’t identify with it (Nigeria) any…
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