{"id":172190,"date":"2025-08-01T22:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-dont-identify-with-nigeria-anymore-kemi-badenoch"},"modified":"2025-08-01T23:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:09:55","slug":"i-dont-identify-with-nigeria-anymore-kemi-badenoch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-dont-identify-with-nigeria-anymore-kemi-badenoch","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t identify with Nigeria anymore \u2013 Kemi Badenoch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has said she no longer identifies with Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Badenoch made the statement while speaking on the Rosebud podcast on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>She also disclosed that she has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not renewed my Nigerian passport, I think, not since the early 2000s,\u201d Badenoch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never quite felt that I belonged there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t identify with it (Nigeria) anymore, most of my life has been in the UK and I\u2019ve just never felt the need to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Badenoch, while she retains an interest in developments in Nigeria, she has found a better home in the UK, where she lives with her family and party colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old was born in Wimbledon, South West London, and returned to the UK after her stay in Nigeria because her parents believed there was no future there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the reason that I came back here was actually a very sad one, and it was that my parents thought, \u2018there is no future for you in this country\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has said she no longer identifies with Nigeria. Badenoch made the statement while speaking on the Rosebud podcast on Friday. 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