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Kemi Badenoch has been announced as the leader of the Conservative Party – but who is the new top Tory?

Badenoch has taken over as the new Tory leader following the disaster general election result for the party which lost 251 seats.

Months after the tumultuous election, Badenoch won the leadership race with 53,806 votes, beating rival Robert Jenrick by 12,418 votes and becoming the first Black woman to lead a major UK party.

She described her party’s task as ‘tough but simple’ as it is now in the opposition.

Kemi Badenoch with husband Hamish in a hallway.
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Badenoch and Hamish were spotted together at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP)
Now all eyes are on the 44-year-old who was not a clear favourite to win the leadership race.

But she has managed to become the darling of the Tory grassroots after positioning herself as an anti-woke politician firmly on the right with controversial views on LGBT+ rights, immigration and colonialism.

We look inside the private life of the Badenoch and those close to her.
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Where was Kemi Badenoch born?
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch was born on January 2, 1980, in Wimbledon, southwest London.

She is one of three children born to her Nigerian Yoruba parents – a GP and a professor of physiology.

Her professor mother’s work took the family to the United States and Kemi grew up both in the US and Lagos, Nigeria.

After her A-levels at Phoenix College in Morden, south London, Badenoch worked at a McDonald’s before studying computer science at the University of Sussex.

She went on to work in the IT sector before completing a law LLB degree in 2009 and working in the financial services and consultancy sector, including at Coutts and a brief stint at The Spectator as a digital director.

Who is Kemi Badenoch married to?
You could get away with not knowing the name of the Tory leader’s husband as he has largely stayed out of the limelight – until now.

Hamish Badenoch met Kemi when he was a Conservative activist in the Dulwich and West Norwood Tory association, which led to their friendship and his becoming her campaign manager.

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Hamish has been likened to Margaret Thatcher’s husband Denis who offered to give lifts to young Thatcher during her campaigns in the early 1950s.

Hamish, who lived near Badenoch in Herne Hill, offered to ‘pick her up and drop her off when we had meetings,’ a source in the Dulwich and West Norwood Tory association told in Lord Ashcroft’s biography.

What does Kemi Badenoch’s husband do?
Before the pair met, Hamish had worked overseas as a journalist in Malawi, a consultant in Nigeria and as the CEO of Avis car hire in Kenya, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He was educated at a Catholic boarding school run by monks – the Ampleforth College – before attending Cambridge University.

After a brief stint as a director of investment, Hamish began working at Barclays before moving on to Deutsche Bank where he is now a global head of real estate transformation.

He has also tried his wings in politics and he was a Conservative councillor in Merton Borough Council between 2014 and 2018.

Does Kemi Badenoch have children?
The pair’s friendship during political campaigning turned into a relationship although ‘it wasn’t love at first sight,’ she told the Times.

Badenoch and Hamish married in 2012 and they have three children.

Their youngest – a girl – was born in September 2019.

They also have another girl and a boy.

Kemi Badenoch’s row with Dr Who actor David Tennant
Badenoch has gotten into hot water over her anti-trans views as the Minister for Equalities and Levelling Up Communities.

She has opposed moves to allow trans employees of the Financial Conduct Authority to self-identify in their workplace and opposed gender-neutral toilets.

Earlier this year, the Dr Who actor Tennant referred to Badenoch as the equalities minister at the British LGBT Awards, saying he wished she didn’t ‘exist any more,’ according to the Guardian.

As he accepted the award for being a celebrity ally, Tennant said he was ‘depressed’ that acknowledging that everyone has the ‘right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want’ should warrant a special prize as it is ‘common sense.’

He continued: ‘However, until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist any more – I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up – whilst we do live in this world, I am honoured to receive this.’

Badenoch responded by posting on her X account: ‘I will not shut up. I will not be silenced by men who prioritise applause from Stonewall over the safety of women and girls.

‘A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the only black woman in government by calling publicly for my existence to end.’

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has filed a lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged threat to arrest, detain, and prosecute him after his tenure ends.

The suit, filed by Sanwo-Olu’s lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, was brought before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

During the hearing on Tuesday, Ozurumba informed the court that he had withdrawn the initial originating summons and replaced it with a new one.

He added that the anti-graft agency had been duly served with the updated court documents.

However, EFCC’s counsel, Hadiza Afegbua, stated that she had not yet seen the documents.

Justice Abdulmalik also noted that the proof of service was missing from the court file and adjourned the case to November 11 for further mention.

The originating summons, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/773/2024 and filed on June 6, contains seven questions and 11 reliefs sought by the governor.

What Sanwo-Olu is Seeking from Court
Sanwo-Olu is requesting a declaration that, under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution, “the plaintiff, as a citizen of Nigeria, is entitled to right to private and family life as a minimum guarantee encapsulated under the Constitution of the Republic of Nigeria, 1999 before, during and after occupation of public office created by the Constitution.”

He also seeks a declaration that, under Sections 43 and 44(1) of the 1999 Constitution, he is entitled to acquire, own, operate, and manage both movable and immovable property, including bank accounts, “as a minimum guarantee encapsulated under the constitution either before, during, and after leaving public office of governor of a state.”

Sanwo-Olu further argues that based on a reading of Sections 35(1) & (4) and 41(1) of the Constitution, any threat of investigation, arrest, or detention by the EFCC during his tenure is unlawful.

He contends that such actions would be unconstitutional and a violation of his fundamental rights to personal liberty and freedom of movement, as guaranteed by Sections 35(1) & (4) and 41(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Additionally, the governor is asking the court to declare that the alleged harassment, threats of arrest, and detention instigated by political adversaries through the EFCC, based on what he described as false and politically motivated allegations of corruption, constitute an abuse of executive power and public office.

Restraining Order on EFCC
Sanwo-Olu further urged the court to declare the EFCC’s actions as an unwarranted interference with his fundamental rights to personal liberty, freedom of movement, fair hearing, and equal protection under the law, as guaranteed by the Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, CAP A9 LFN 2004.

The governor sought an order restraining the EFCC from harassing, intimidating, arresting, detaining, interrogating, or prosecuting him in connection with his tenure as Lagos State governor.

He also requested the court to issue an order prohibiting the commission from seizing his properties, international passport, or travel documents, or from freezing the bank accounts of either himself or his family members, in any way that would further violate his fundamental rights under the Constitution.

Additionally, Sanwo-Olu prayed for an order preventing the EFCC from inviting, arresting, or detaining him over matters relating to his tenure as governor. He emphasized the need for the court to protect his fundamental rights to personal liberty, fair hearing, private and family life, freedom of movement, and the acquisition of movable and immovable property, as enshrined in Nigerian law.

https://nairametrics.com/2024/10/29/sanwo-olu-sues-efcc-over-alleged-plan-to-arrest-prosecute-him-after-tenure/