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AgentXxx:
I would leave you to keep defending her since you answer like you both wrote all her interviews answers.

Well done Madam PA Zahranoch 🙌🏾.

Did you think of this name all by yourself? Well done, it's very original lol

Someone is radiating evil vibes about a nation she doesn’t care about for zero points, you are saying another thing 😂 as if we need her to tell us about our reality.

Evil vibes? 🤣 Wow.
Who's "we"? You should speak for yourself. There are at least a couple of people on here and many more on Twitter who are able to reason beyond their emotions and don't see anything wrong with her police comment.
On a positive note, at least you now accept that she spoke about the Nigerian reality.

AgentXxx:
Aunty Zahra, I am eager to read your defense to her utterance in this post.You asked for it and it has been shared. Thank you Ma 🙌🏾

Edit
I have screenshot the main shots below 🙌🏾

Who lumped Yorubas with the Northerners?
Why speak about a country you don’t identify as?Do you have to say anyone who eat lunch is a wimp?

Zahra29:
I read the full article, it was a very interesting read and actually Kemi's best interview that I've read.

As to her Northerners comment, it came across as she was speaking about Boko Haram:

That’s what I really am. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram where the Islamism is, those were our ethnic enemies and yet you end up being lumped in with those people. ’

Is that what you're so offended by? And her presumably tongue in cheek comment about lunch being for wimps? Blimey mate 😂

You were too busy looking for offence that you missed the positive comment she made about her upbringing in Nigeria:

The reality of where I grew up is that some people are bad and you don’t always have to explain it away with a disability or they had a tough life or mental health issues. I think we need to bring some of that realism in.’

AgentXxx:
I see you dodging some questions and some part. She mention the people of the north and also there are our ethnic enemies. Did you fail to read that 😂. Abeg I give up on this. Stick to your understanding of her. The End is near, we just need patience . We would all be here to see it 😀

AgentXxx:
I see you dodging some questions and some part. She mention the people of the north and also there are our ethnic enemies. Or Is Bokoharam now an ethnic group? Did you fail to read that 😂. Abeg I give up on this. Stick to your understanding of her. The End is near, we just need patience . We would all be here to see it 😀

AgentXxx:
I see you dodging some questions and some part. She mention the people of the north and also there are our ethnic enemies. Or Is Bokoharam now an ethnic group? Did you fail to read that 😂. Abeg I give up on this. Stick to your understanding of her. The End is near, we just need patience . We would all be here to see it 😀

Goodenoch:
Lol. You saw that too. It was a ridiculous, if unsurprising, analysis.

Someone explicitly spoke about the 'people from the North' as her ethnic enemies, saying she didn't want to be lumped together with them as Nigerian, and you're saying it's Boko Haram she meant. Is Boko Haram an ethnic group? Has anybody ever lumped Kemi together with Boko Haram on the basis of her being Nigerian? Abeg nauuuu 😂 😂 😂 😂

Anyway, my people say someone pretending to sleep is always the hardest to wake so I'm resting my case here.

Atk1nson:
She is just a lady with a strong inferiority complex that believes denigrating cultures of supposed third world countries will show her allegiance to white Britain and the current Reform voters.

Of what relevance is her constant negative depiction of Nigeria to her role as a candidate for prime minister?

At that level, her public speeches not just random off-script talk. She has been taking her time to rehearse speeches with messages to denigrate her countries she thinks will make her look good.

A very shallow lady.

The british police have been raping ladies, one even topped it with murder not long along. She probably sees the police everyday but has nothing bad to say about them.

It is the police in Nigeria she hasn't interacted in for many decades and cultures of countries she know little about she talks about and takes every opportunity she has to denigrate.

She is the kind of child the yorubas call "omo ale". Such a person will sell her parents for money if the price is right.

Goke7:
Our dear Aunty Zarah does not understand the complexity of the Nigerian state and we can't blame her cos unlike kemi i doubt she grew up in Nigeria. All she knows is about the Nigerian police and endsars. Just allow her be jor. There's no road there

Zahra29:
I actually lived in Nigeria for a few years so I know a little about your so called "complexity of the Nigerian state".

Complexity doesn't mean that you have to pretend about reality and respond emotionally when someone speaks facts as they are.

Goke7:
Very good no wonder you were dodging those questions. You knew the implications of those reckless takes by kemi but chose to ignore. I hail 🙌

lavida001:
These back and forth clearly indicates that Nigerians are not angry about what the likes of Shettima and tinubu are doing to the country. They are simply angry because it’s not them or their uncle doing the stealing.

How can you possibly be angry at kemi for stating the obvious.

Carton of noodles is now 10k, people only eat once a day and you lots are hear blowing grammar.

10 years from now it will be thesame story. Why can’t we just call a spade a spade and maybe things will change .

Goke7:
Who was doing comparison? A question was asked about the British police it was oga madam that brought the Nigerian police into the conversation. A country she left many years ago as a teenager

Zahra29:
What questions have I dodged? I have littered this thread with my responses and here you are saying I'm dodging questions 😂

"Reckless takes" ....."emerging activist/separatist"....🙄

All because a woman shared her past experiences and personal views.

You need to chill with these histrionics 😵‍💫

Jamesclooney:
Rough transcript of the interview -

Interviewer: Do you trust the British Police?
KB: I do. But remember my experience with the police in Nigeria was very negative etc.


How’s the above not relevant? Naija police was her baseline position. So British Police is a huge upgrade to her. Like it was previously attributed to KB, her job is not to do PR for Nigeria. She wants to expose everything. Nothing concern her, burn the house down…maybe that’s her own way of fighting for the common man. Fair enough I say in this particular instance.

PS - I hate Nigerian politicians, so hopefully this causes her enough embarrassment for them to change (wishful thinking)

Goke7:
common man where? In Nigeria or Britain, what's her jd as Torries leader please educate me.

Zahra29:
Honestly your takes are getting beyond ridiculous!

I quoted her exact comment from the interview where she also explicitly mentioned Boko Haram. Why don't you email her office and ask them to clarify what she really meant. Never mind, you're too eager to find offence that it wouldn't matter what they said.

Yes, please do rest from this nonsense.

Goke7:
You're wrong Aunty and am calling you out on this one. You're beginning to have or show a penchant for ignoring reckless takes on issues that further divides a people for as long it align with your preferred narratives and personalities. You actually know what you're doing and it showed in your response to Goodenoch. Kemi statement against northern Nigeria has serious security implications both on Nigerians back home and in the diaspora but just like the riots that happened few months back you just don't care but trying to manipulate us on this thread to divert our attention from a very sensitive issue. You keep hammering on the police issue as if we were blind to the other reckless takes.

We are all human and no one here has denied all the unpleasant circumstances back home but all these characterisation or labelling people just because we want to become ethnic champions will only cause problems for us all. And I stand by my assertion that this is how these separatists starts hence the outcry about kemi statements. It's good to have your strong opinions but please I beg you don't ever think people can read in between the lines and know where everyone belongs or what they actually stand for. And if like kemi you're also much bitter about Nigeria I pray you find healing 🙏 and let go to find empathy for humanity. Northerners are not boko haram they are only victims just like anyone else in the world where there are crisis and wars. Cheers

Jamesclooney:
She can be Tory leader and still be a closet activist na 😂 Unlike Rishi, she’s actually lived in other countries (Naija, USA) for extended periods of time, so she has something to compare with, firsthand. She’s embracing her heritage, staying authentic and being Tory leader at time. Nothing wrong with that.

Zahra29:
Lol, me "much bitter about Nigeria"? Why, how, when? 🤣

Kemi's comment has serious security implications on Nigerians here and in the diaspora? Why, how? 🤣🤣🤣

I was taking you seriously but now I can see you're just joking around with these hilarious comments lol

I encourage you to read, re-read and meditate on James Clooney's posts 😂. He's made some strong, rational points.

Goodenoch:
Ma binu. I have seen the error of my ways - what you said makes perfect sense.

When Badenough said she doesn't identify as Nigerian and doesn't like being lumped together with her ethnic enemies, Boko Haram is the ethnicity she meant because obviously the BokoHaramish ethnic group occupy all Northern Nigeria, and so when people call her Nigerian it automatically carries a conotation that she's part of Boko Haram and an Islamist.
It is clear now. You are right.

Goodenoch:
I agree they should let her be.

I find the whole attâche thing nauseating. NIDCOM and that woman at the head of it are shameless and they’re making us all look bad.

I don’t know of any Nigerian that went about telling people oh do you know the new Conservative Party leader is a Nigerian? There are Nigerians in the top echelons of many global and national institutions - she’s not the highest profile and will not be the last.

My issue with her is that if you want to disclaim Nigeria feel free to do it and do it entirely, not that every time you open your mouth about Nigeria it’s to say something that paints Nigerians in bad light. If you don’t want to be good PR for Nigeria, then don’t be bad PR either. Àbí ?

Saying that, I recognize that it's her lived experience to express as she sees fit, so she can carry on, and we will also continue calling out her hypocrisy.

Zahra29:
Don't apologise.

Her exact comment is below.

"I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram where the Islamism is, those were our ethnic enemies and yet you end up being lumped in with those people."

It's quite simple. Why don't we contact Kemi's office or Katy Balls the journalist and get clarification on whether Kemi meant that her ethnic enemies are Boko Haram (whom she mentions) or all the regular Hausa and Fulani people (whom she doesn't mention).

You might be right and she'll respond in her frank way with "I was talking about everyone in the north - all northerners, Hausas etc are my enemies". In which case it is I who owes you an apology.

Viruses:
Kemi is not speaking from the angle of wanting change for Nigeria(ns) that is why she is not criticising the govt. and public institutions. She is trying to make points that she's not Nigerian and will not be one that's why she criticises Nigeria and Nigerians.

We have her type many in this thread, they always say they don't associate with Nigerians in UK, they think they are better.

Thegamingorca:
Don't you mean your own hypocrisy

Somebody decided to express herself with past experiences to drive home a message about the police and you instantly take offence 😂😂😂

Zahra29:
Don't apologise.

Her exact comment is below.

"I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram where the Islamism is, those were our ethnic enemies and yet you end up being lumped in with those people."

It's quite simple. Why don't we contact Kemi's office or Katy Balls the journalist and get clarification on whether Kemi meant that her ethnic enemies are Boko Haram (whom she mentions) or all the regular Hausa and Fulani people (whom she doesn't mention).

You might be right and she'll respond in her frank way with "I was talking about everyone in the north - all northerners, Hausas etc are my enemies". In which case it is I who owes you an apology.

Goke7:
You're wrong Aunty and am calling you out on this one. You're beginning to have or show a penchant for ignoring reckless takes on issues that further divides a people for as long it align with your preferred narratives and personalities. You actually know what you're doing and it showed in your response to Goodenoch. Kemi statement against northern Nigeria has serious security implications both on Nigerians back home and in the diaspora but just like the riots that happened few months back you just don't care but trying to manipulate us on this thread to divert our attention from a very sensitive issue. You keep hammering on the police issue as if we were blind to the other reckless takes.

We are all human and no one here has denied all the unpleasant circumstances back home but all these characterisation or labelling people just because we want to become ethnic champions will only cause problems for us all. And I stand by my assertion that this is how these separatists starts hence the outcry about kemi statements. It's good to have your strong opinions but please I beg you don't ever think people can read in between the lines and know where everyone belongs or what they actually stand for. And if like kemi you're also much bitter about Nigeria I pray you find healing 🙏 and let go to find empathy for humanity. Northerners are not boko haram they are only victims just like anyone else in the world where there are crisis and wars. Cheers

Goodenoch:
😄

Feel free to contact her.

Her statement was extremely clear enough already, for me.

ETA: Another reason why I know that's what she meant is that she has previously made another comment that had the same fake equivalence of Northern Nigeria = Islamism = Terrorism. I can't find it now unfortunately (did a quick search Google has been overrun with posts about her most recent comments).

What's certain though is that your thesis about how she meant Boko Haram is a nonstarter because BH is not an ethnic group and has never targeted people based on ethnicity so couldn't possibly be her "ethnic enemies" even in the widest interpretation of her comments.