Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, describing her as an “impudent and ignorant foreign leader” whose divisive remarks about Nigeria and its people show a lack of understanding.
Badenoch had reportedly stated, “I identify less with the country than with my specific ethnic group. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Being Yoruba is my true identity, and I refuse to be lumped with the northern people of Nigeria who were our ethnic enemies, all in the name of being called a Nigerian.”
In a fiery response, Fani-Kayode accused Badenoch of denigrating Nigeria and seeking to divide the country along ethnic lines. He described her rhetoric as dangerous, alleging that her comments were intended to ridicule Nigeria and incite discord.
Drawing comparisons, he suggested Badenoch’s remarks were akin to an English leader disavowing ties to Scots and Welsh, branding them as “homicidal and murderous barbarians.” He expressed shock that a leader in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious country like the UK would make such divisive comments.
Fani-Kayode also questioned Badenoch’s motives, accusing her of harboring deep-seated hatred for Nigeria and speculating about possible traumatic experiences in her youth that may have triggered her disdain. He further criticized her for seeking the support of Nigerians during her initial political campaigns in the UK, only to disparage them after her election.
Taking to his Twitter handle, Fani-Kayode wrote, “I find it interesting that everyone defines me as a Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with my specific ethnic group. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Being Yoruba is my true identity and I refuse to be lumped with the northern people of Nigeria who were our ethnic enemies, all in the name of being called a Nigerian”- @KemiBadenoch.
“Kemi Badenoch MP, the leader of the British Conservative Party & Opposition in the @UKParliament, has refused to stop at just denigrating our country but has gone a step further by seeking to divide us on ethnic lines.
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“She claims that she never regarded herself as being a Nigerian but rather a Yoruba and that she never identified with the people from the Northern part of our country who she collectively describes as being “Boko Haram Islamists” & “terrorists”.
“This is dangerous rhetoric coming from an impudent & ignorant foreign leader who knows nothing about our country, who does not know her place & who insists on stirring up a storm that she cannot contain & that may eventually consume her.
“It is rather like saying that she identifies more with the English than she does with the Scots & the Welsh whom she regards as nothing more than homicidal & murderous barbarians that once waged war against her ethnic English compatriots!
“All this coming from a young lady of colour that is a political leader in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country that lays claim to being the epitome of decency & civilisation! What a strange & inexplicable contradiction this is.
“Her intentions are malevolent & insidious & her objective, outside of ridiculing & mocking us, is to divide us & bring us to our knees.
“I am constrained to ask, what on earth happened to this creature in her youth and why does she hate Nigeria with such passion? Did something happen to her when she lived here which she has kept secret? Was she the victim of some form of deviant behaviour, abuse or perversion that has resulted in trauma, long term psychological damage & mental health issues? Is this why she sees red and gets her pretty knickers in a twist whenever she hears “Nigeria”? Why does the mention of the name of our country trigger such compulsive, violent and aggressive emotions and impulses in her? Given her pathological hatred for Nigerians these are legitimate questions that need to be answered.
“She hates us with what the Bible describes as “a perfect hatred” yet in a much publicised and widely read open letter written in 2010 during her first bid to be elected into the UK Parliament she begged the Nigerian community in her constituency to support her.
“At that time, when she still needed us, she identified with Nigerians but everything changed after she was elected. At that point, in her conflicted and confused mind, all Nigerians became demons, all Englanders became angels and her disdain and contempt for us was unmasked!
“She hates us with a perfect hatred yet she still has the effontry and nerve to haul her rotund posterior back to our country with one Hamish, who I am told is her English husband, to watch polo at the Lagos Polo Club. This is the same country that she has described as being a lawless jungle and corrupt stinking edifice from which no good can come and that is filled with nothing but apes, monsters and the criminally insane.
“The truth is that the creature called Kemi Badenoch is nothing but a b*tch on heat. She needs to be tamed and caged. She is Aunty Jemima on steroids and the President of the International House Ni*gers Association. Her Nigerian passport (if she still has one) ought to be revoked and she should never be allowed to set her leperous foot in our country again.
Fani-Kayode added, “She should take Vice President Kashim Shettima’s @KashimSM counsel seriously and drop Kemi as her name.” #Kemi
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