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Kemi Badenoch's father was professor at UNILAG, she never sold sachet water – Prof Akinyemi

Recall Badenoch has been under fire in Nigeria for a series of negative comments about her homeland.

Before taking the helm of the Conservative Party, Badenoch had described Nigeria as a socialist country plagued by a corrupt political class and widespread insecurity.

She also criticised the Nigerian police and lamented the poverty she experienced while growing up in Lagos, the nation’s commercial hub and most populous city.

Recently, Badenoch added to her controversial remarks, saying Nigeria destroys lives and expressing her determination to prevent a similar fate for Britain.

“And why does this matter so much to me? It’s because I know what it is like to have something and then to lose it,” she said.

“I don’t want Britain to lose what it has. I grew up in a poor country and watched my relatively wealthy family become poorer and poorer, despite working harder and harder as their money disappeared with inflation.

“I came back to the UK aged 16 with my father’s last £100 in the hope of a better life. So I have lived with the consequences of terrible governments that destroy lives, and I never, ever want it to happen here.”

Akinyemi, however, condemned Badenoch’s approach, arguing that attacking the nation of her birth was both unwise and a betrayal of her heritage.

How can the daughter of a professor of UNILAG (University of Lagos) — her father was a medical doctor — a girl who went to the international school at UNILAG, make it sound like she was selling groundnuts and selling water in Lagos in order to advance her political career?” he asked while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’.

“She would soon learn that you don’t throw your people and your culture under the bus in order to advance your career.

“She is making a mistake, but she would soon learn.

“After all, right now, there is even a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom that is even to the right of the Conservative Party.

Kemi just dey hustle for PM. The more she can pull the victim and grass to grace stunt, the more she will win her base. Also the more she can embrace British ways by denouncing any of her allegiance to Nigeria, the better for her based on her own calculations.

70% of the things she said happened to her are lies. She is just using the story of an average poor Nigerian to project as her own.

Make them ignore her coz I’m not sure she will be stopping soon.

Prof has been capping with his hatred for Trump but he got this one right.

The attitude of some Nigerians towards Kemi Badenoch is "it's not that what you are saying about Nigeria is false, it's just that I don't like that you are exposing my nyash to the world"

There is a popular adage.

Monkey no fine but I'm mama like am.

Kemi is free is she dislikes her "monkey"

Over 500,000 Nigerians in dispoara visited Naija in December 2024, we still like our Naija.

If Kemi no like am. That's her business

Oga, lecturers were poor before Obasanjo became president.

Bigboytinz:
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has called out Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, for her frequent negative remarks about Nigeria.

Akinyemi accused Badenoch of using disparaging remarks about Nigeria to advance her political career.

Political career wey we don bury already

Prof. Akinyemi sounds like an idiot.

How can he say with certainty that Kemi's parents didn't fall through hard times simply because her father was a medical doctor and a professor? I thought Akinyemi should know better.

The only way he could make such a statement with certainty is if he has access to the father's financial statements, dealings including their assets and expenditures covering the period in question.

Otherwise his best statement could have been that he "finds it highly unlikely that that happened to her family given the father's position." That is how a learned person whom I am sure has published academic papers, done research and understood the importance of facts deal with anecdotal information before the facts are presented.

Bigboytinz:
Akinyemi, however, condemned Badenoch’s approach, arguing that attacking the nation of her birth was both unwise and a betrayal of her heritage.

How can the daughter of a professor of UNILAG (University of Lagos) — her father was a medical doctor — a girl who went to the international school at UNILAG, make it sound like she was selling groundnuts and selling water in Lagos in order to advance her political career?” he asked while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’.

“She would soon learn that you don’t throw your people and your culture under the bus in order to advance your career.

“She is making a mistake, but she would soon learn.

“After all, right now, there is even a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom that is even to the right of the Conservative Party.

She cannot throw me under any bus, and yer useless family she dey throw under the train. We will teach her a bitter lesson in the next election. We dey here for UK, we dey wait for the Olosho for polling units

Did Kemi lie against the Nigerian police or Nigerian government?

Looking4Trouble:
She cannot throw me under any bus, and yer useless family she dey throw under the train. We will teach her a bitter lesson in the next election. We dey here for UK, we dey wait for the Olosho for polling units

dettolgel:
Prof. Akinyemi sounds like an idiot.

How can he say with certainty that Kemi's parents didn't fall through hard times simply because her father was a medical doctor and a professor? I thought Akinyemi should know better.

The only way he could make such a statement with certainty is if he has access to the father's financial statements, dealings including their assets and expenditures covering the period in question.

Otherwise his best statement could have been that he "finds it highly unlikely that that happened to her family given the father's position." That is how a learned person whom I am sure has published academic papers, done research and understood the importance of facts deal with anecdotal information before the facts are presented.

The idiot na Tinubu friend,he is living on past glory ,he still thinks Nigerians have time for spent force like him ,he is trying to help Tinubu launder his government image at the expense of Kevin,who is more patriotic between Kemi and his friend Tinubu, Tinubu has ruined the lives of many Nigerians, while Kemi is pointing the rot in Nigeria for possible amendments
Prof akinyemi is like Prof wole Soyinka, they don't see wrong in their friends in power because of patronage but will travel thousands of kilometres to find who they will criticize to make their friends look good
In short they are experts in dirty jobs

Pandora people at first said she’s not Yoruba! Immediately she announced she’s Yoruba,they turn around to start praising her for saying negatives things about the country! Idiotic asswipes!

dettolgel:
Did Kemi lie against the Nigerian police or Nigerian government?

Is she aspiring to hold a political office in Nigeria? Imagine every time Obi opens his mouth to campaign all he talks about is the Jews and Children of Israel. Kemi is not intelligent.

Ypruba people eeeh

She is still a Nigerian and she has the right to comment about the ills going on in Nigeria.

Softmirror:
Is she aspiring to hold a political office in Nigeria? Imagine every time Obi opens his mouth to campaign all he talks about is the Jews and Children of Israel. Kemi is not intelligent.

Look how her comments to British news is paining these NIGGERS in the NIgger area.

It’s paining them because frankly it is true…. ALl of these Banana leaders in Africa are failures and thugs…..

gidgiddy:
The attitude of some Nigerians towards Kemi Badenoch is "it's not that what you are saying about Nigeria is false, it's just that I don't like that you are exposing my nyash to the world"

- These attacks are state-sponsored, Tinubu-style. I hope she continues to ignore them.

Looking4Trouble:
She cannot throw me under any bus, and yer useless family she dey throw under the train. We will teach her a bitter lesson in the next election. We dey here for UK, we dey wait for the Olosho for polling units

- Na so. How many Yooroba in the UK are even in the council register, let alone have a poll card with their name on it? Mtchew!

dettolgel:
Prof. Akinyemi sounds like an idiot.

How can he say with certainty that Kemi's parents didn't fall through hard times simply because her father was a medical doctor and a professor? I thought Akinyemi should know better.

The only way he could make such a statement with certainty is if he has access to the father's financial statements, dealings including their assets and expenditures covering the period in question.

Otherwise his best statement could have been that he "finds it highly unlikely that that happened to her family given the father's position." That is how a learned person whom I am sure has published academic papers, done research and understood the importance of facts deal with anecdotal information before the facts are presented.

God bless you for being objective. You're indeed educated