The former lawmaker asked Badenoch to enjoy her adopted home and leave Nigeria alone.
A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has fired back at Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party.
Recall that she had made a controversial statement during an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday.
Badenoch claimed she is unable to transmit Nigerian citizenship to her children due to her gender.
She further suggested that it is easier for Nigerians to obtain British citizenship than it is for foreigners to become Nigerian citizens.
“It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship. I have that citizenship by virtue of my parents, I can’t give it to my children because I’m a woman.
“Yet loads of Nigerians come to the UK and stay for a relatively free period of time, acquire British citizenship. We need to stop being naive,” she said.
Reacting in a post via his X handle on Monday, Sani berated Badenoch for bothering about getting a Nigerian citizenship for her children.
The former lawmaker asked Badenoch to enjoy her adopted home and leave Nigeria alone.
He wrote, “Why should Kemi Badenoch be bothered about getting a Nigerian citizenship for her offspring from a country she rebuked and rejected? She should just enjoy her adopted home and leave us alone in our father’s home.”