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‘She would ensure blacks are deported from UK’: Why some Nigerians are against Kemi Badenoch’s UK PM ambition
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, a British with Nigerian heritage has come under heavy criticism after she declared her ambition to replace the outgoing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson.
She was also called out for failing to recognise racism and once claiming the Black Lives Matter movement is political.
The Saffron Walden MP is a strong contender in the Tory leadership contest – currently sitting in the second position according to one poll.
The former Equalities Minister, in a Closing Statement to the House of Commons on Black History Month in the United Kingdom delivered on 20 October 2020, London, England said; “Black lives do matter — of course they do — but we know that the Black Lives Matter movement — capital B-L-M — is political. I know this because, at the height of the protests, I saw white Black Lives — I’ve — I’ve been told of white Black Lives Matters [sic] protesters calling — and I’m afraid I apologize for saying this word — calling a black, armed police officer guarding Downing Street “a pet [n—-].” That is why we do not endorse that movement in — on this side of the House. It is a political movement, and what would be nice would be for Members on the opposite side to condemn many of the actions that we see of this political movement, instead of pretending that it is a completely wholesome anti-racist organisation.
“On the history of black people in Britain, again, our history of race is not America’s history of race. Most black British people who have come to our shores were not brought here in chains, but came voluntarily due to their connections to the UK and in search of a better life. I should know: I am one of them.”
Some Nigerians commenting under a post by NewsWireNGR titled: “British PM: Kemi Badenoch of Nigerian Heritage, gets endorsements” opposed her aspiration.
A Twitter user, @BenCamon, said; “Absolutely not, Kemi! She’s Priti Patel or Suella Lite”.
In the same vein, @supazeez, said; “brav. we don’t rate her. she go do worse pass priti patel sef.”(sic).
