Overview

• She told the Rosebud podcast that by identity she no longer considers herself Nigerian despite her birthright and Yoruba heritage.
• Badenoch confirmed she has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s and relies solely on her British citizenship by birth.
• She said her formative years under Nigeria’s military regimes informed her opposition to socialism and shaped her political outlook.
• Reflecting on her father’s 2022 death in Lagos, she described securing a visa to return as a “big fandango,” highlighting lingering bureaucratic barriers.
• Her declaration follows a December rebuke from Nigeria’s vice-president, who suggested she could “remove the Kemi from her name” if she was not proud of her origins.