We Are Saddened By Your Terrible Rhetoric Against Nigeria – Presidency Tackles Kemi Badenoch

The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration has urged the United Kingdom (UK)’s Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, to avoid denigrating Nigeria.

Naija News reports that 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

Reacting in a post on X on Sunday, the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, asked Kemi to stop using Nigeria as a weapon to please her far right support base.

He wrote: “I truly wish that sister Kemi Badenoch would avoid denigrating Nigeria, the country of her origin as a weapon to please her far right base.

“Rishi Sunak never weaponized the gang rape and other vices in India; the country of his origin just so he would impressed the far right base.

“She is smart, intelligent and we are proud of her rise in the politics of the UK; but we are equally saddened by her terrible rhetoric against Nigeria.”