Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has thrown a veiled shade against the newly-elected UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for making snide comments about Nigeria.
Sani said that a Nigerian singing the colonial song in the
UK parliament will not change his or her true identity.
“No matter how much and how long an adopted child loves his
new home and hates his ancestral home, there will come a day he or she will be
reminded by his adopted home that he doesn’t belong there.
“If African-Americans are still reminded that they belong to
Africa, a Nigerian singing the colonial song in the UK parliament will not
change his or her true identity,” Sani posted on X.
Badenoch had defended British colonialism during a debate on
the UK’s response to the Black Lives Matter Movement.
She has also been criticised for making snide comments about
the country.
Also, recently the Chairman and CEO of the Nigerians in
Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, revealed that her office reached out
to Badenoch but received no response.
Dabiri-Erewa, who spoke on Channels Television, stated that
Nigeria would not compel the British politician to embrace her Nigerian roots
if she chose not to.
“It depends on whether she embraces her Nigerian identity.
We reached out to her once or twice, but there was no response. We don’t force
anyone to acknowledge being Nigerian,” she explained.
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