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Ex-Ondo Commissioner Slams UK Minister Kemi Badenoch Over Remarks on Nigeria

Former Ondo State Health Commissioner, Wahab Oluropo Adegbenro, has strongly criticized UK Minister Kemi Badenoch for her recent comments about Nigeria, questioning her loyalty to her Nigerian roots.

In an interview on ChannelsTV, Adegbenro accused Badenoch of painting Nigeria in a negative light just to gain political support in the UK.

He stressed that anyone who truly identifies as Nigerian should avoid publicly ridiculing the country, especially on international platforms.

“I don’t think Kemi Badenoch is a Nigerian in the true sense. If you are, you won’t look down on your country just to win votes in another. Yes, she has dual citizenship, but when you open your Nigerian passport, it clearly states it is the property of the Federal Government of Nigeria. That should mean something,” he said.

While Badenoch’s remarks—based on her personal experiences with Nigerian public services—have sparked mixed reactions, Adegbenro insisted that public figures with Nigerian heritage should protect the nation’s image, not exploit its weaknesses for political advantage.

I don’t identify as Nigerian anymore,” says Kemi Badenoch.

Kemi Badenoch, UK business secretary and Conservative Party leader, has declared that she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not held a Nigerian passport for over 20 years.

Badenoch, who was born in London and raised in Lagos, made the statement while speaking on a podcast.

She said that while she knows Nigeria well and has family ties there, she no longer feels a sense of belonging to the country.

Her words: “I have not renewed my Nigerian passport, I think, not since the early 2000s,” she said. “I don’t identify with it anymore. Most of my life has been in the UK and I’ve just never felt the need to.

“The Conservative Party is very much part of my family, my extended family, I call it.

“I’m Nigerian through ancestry, by birth despite not being born there because of my parents, but by identity I’m not really.

“I know the country very well, I have a lot of family there… but home is where my now family is.”

When her father, Femi Adegoke, passed away in 2022, Badenoch said she had to get a visa to travel to Nigeria, which she called “a big fandango.”

She also recalled that although she held dual British and Nigerian heritage while growing up in Lagos, she never quite felt she belonged there.

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