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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former presidential aide and a popular media personality, Reuben Abati has described Kemi Badenoch as a hypocrite.<\/p>\n

He said that the British politician is trying to be politically correct when she lamented the difficulty she\u2019s facing in transferring her Nigerian citizenship to her kids.<\/p>\n

Kemi, the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK, during the weekend, claimed she cannot confer her Nigerian citizenship on her kids because she is a woman.<\/p>\n

Badenoch was speaking on Sunday with CNN\u2019s Fareed Zakaria, where she compared the immigration policies of Nigeria and Britain.<\/p>\n

According to Badenoch, immigrants often exploit the British system in a way they would not do back in their home countries.<\/p>\n

To further buttress her point, Badenoch referenced her children\u2019s inability to obtain Nigerian citizenship.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe knows she is been all this hard-right Conservative persons and she been using anti-immigration rhetoric to be more British than the British,\u201d Abati said during Arise TV\u2019s daily Morning Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is the height of hypocrisy that she thinks her children should take Nigerian citizenship.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe says we are not good in Nigeria, so why does she want her children to be citizens of Nigeria?\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former presidential aide and a popular media personality, Reuben Abati has described Kemi Badenoch as a hypocrite. He said that the British politician is trying to be politically correct when she lamented the difficulty she\u2019s facing in transferring her Nigerian citizenship to her kids. 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