Kemi Badenoch lied about Nigeria’s citizenship laws - Presidency

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has described as false the claim by the Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, that she cannot pass her Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman.

Onanuga, in a post on his X handle today, said Badenoch owed her fatherland an apology for the misleading statement.

The President’s Special Adviser urged Britain to send the Conservative Party leader, whom he described as “our lost daughter”, back to Nigeria for a proper re-education.

“Britain should send our lost daughter Kemi Badenoch home for a proper re-education. Thanks to Shola Shogbamimu for enlightening the Tory politician. Section 25 of our constitution defines who has the right to Nigerian citizenship.

“Kemi Badenoch lied. She owes her fatherland some apology.”

Quoting Section 25 of the Nigerian Constitution, Onanuga emphasised that every person born outside Nigeria is a citizen by birth if either of their parents is a Nigerian citizen.