The leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has again fired fresh shots against Nigeria.
The Nigerian-born politician made headlines in 2024 over the repeated onslaught against the country of her birth.
While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank that researches economic and social issues, Badenoch said she does not want Britain to be like Nigeria’s terrible government, which destroys lives.
The Tory leader highlighted the importance of building trust, saying the Conservative Party is the right group to fix Britain, because the UK could become like Nigeria if the system is not reformed.
Sharing experience about inflation in Nigeria, she said, “And why does this matter so much to me? It’s because I know what it is like to have something and then to lose it. I don’t want Britain to lose what it has.
“I grew up in a poor country and watched my relatively wealthy family become poorer and poorer, despite working harder and harder as their money disappeared with inflation.
“I came back to the UK aged 16 with my father’s last £100 in the hope of a better life. So I have lived with the consequences of terrible governments that destroy lives, and I never, ever want it to happen here.”
Badenoch has been in the news of late after she dissociated herself from Nigeria, saying she has nothing to do with the Islamic northern region.
She also accused the Nigeria Police of robbing citizens instead of protecting them.
She said, “My experience with the Nigeria Police was very negative. Coming to the UK, my experience with the British Police was very positive.
“The police in Nigeria will rob us (laughter). When people say I have this bad experience with the police because I’m black, I say well…I remember the police stole my brother’s shoe and his watch.”
