Sunday, December 15, 2024 - A social critic, Aisha Yesufu, has told the leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, not to use her “Nigerian poverty mentality” to lower standards in the UK.
Yesufu’s statement, shared in a post on her X handle, came in response
to Badenoch allegedly describing her upbringing in Nigeria as being
overshadowed by fear and insecurity in a country plagued by corruption.
The Conservative leader, who identified as Yoruba, reportedly stated
that she has nothing in common with the northern part of Nigeria.
Apart from this, Badenoch recently insisted that she stands by her
remarks about Nigeria despite criticism that she is denigrating the country.
She also took a dig at the nation’s police structure.
However, Yesufu argued that such comparisons would not have arisen if
the UK did not provide an enabling environment for looting Nigerian wealth.
She said that Badenoch should grow up and move on.
Yesufu wrote:
“Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch should grow up and move on! Context is
everything! She was asked if she trusts the British police. How is what
happened with the Nigerian police a reason for her to determine if she trusts
the British police or not?
“What also brought in our poverty?
“If the UK doesn’t provide an enabling environment for people to loot
Nigeria’s wealth and take it there, ‘poor’ and ‘Nigeria’ wouldn’t be in the
same sentence.
“So, because the bar is low in Nigeria, it doesn’t mean she should lower
the bar for their police! She should not use her Nigerian poverty mentality to
lower the bar there!
“@PoliceNG, you see your life? Always disgracing us up and down!”
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