Nigeria Born Badenoch Lashes Out At Vice President, Shettima
The leader of the United Kingdomโs Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has berated Vice President Kashim Shettima, over his reaction to her comments about Nigeria.
Badenoch was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents.
It would be recalled that Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria before departing the country for the UK at the age of 16, before she was elected Conservative Partyโs leader, described Nigeria as a nation brimming with thieving politicians and insecurity.
However, Shettima, while speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, December 9, 2024, accused Badenoch of โdenigrating her country of originโ with her remarks.
He listed influential people whose families had migrated to other countries, commending former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a โbrilliant young man, he never denigrated his nation of ancestry.โ
But reacting on Wednesday, December 11, Badenoch lashed out at Shettima, stating that she doesnโt do โPR for Nigeriaโ.
The Tory leader while speaking through her spokesperson, according to UK Express, said, โKemi is not interested in doing Nigeriaโs PR, she is the Leader of the Opposition in the UK.
โShe tells the truth, she tells it like it is, she isnโt going to couch her words. She stands by what she said.โ