Nigerian journalist, Dele Momodu, has reacted to comments by UK lawmaker, Kemi Badenoch, about her difficult upbringing and the time spent in a Nigerian federal boarding school.
Nigerian-born Badenoch, who leads the UK Conservative Party and represents Saffron Walden in Parliament, had described her time at a Federal Government Girls’ College in Sagamu as traumatic.
She likened the experience to being in prison, pointing to harsh conditions, poor sanitation, lack of water, and manual labour such as cutting grass with machetes.
In his reaction, Dele Momodu, expressed concern over what he described as a repeated pattern of Badenoch speaking negatively about Nigeria.
While acknowledging her personal achievements, the publisher questioned the motivation behind her constant criticism of her country of origin.
He wrote on his X account on Tuesday morning: “I truly and genuinely love MADAM KEMI for her personal accomplishments but I often shudder, feverishly, at her unfortunate denigration of Nigeria at every opportunity… May God almighty deliver her from whatever might have traumatized her so much while growing up in Nigeria…”
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