You’re Ignorant; Ex-Immigration Boss Replies Badenoch After Citizenship Claims

NPO Reported that the Nigerian-born British politician made the claim while speaking at a recent interview on the UK immigration policy which she faulted for being too lenient and easily exploited by immigrants.

She had cited Nigeria as one of the countries that will not tolerate the exploitation of its immigration policies.

Badenoch decried how Nigerian immigrants easily process British citizenship after spending couple of months in the country.

“Nigerians will not tolerate that. That is not something that many countries would accept. There are many people who come to our country in the UK to do things that will not be acceptable in their countries.

“It is virtually impossible to get Nigerian citizenship. I had that citizenship by virtue of my parents; I can’t give it to my children because I’m a woman.

“Yet a lot of Nigerians come to the UK to stay for a relatively brief period of time and acquire birth citizenship.” She had said.

Commenting on report of Badenoch’s claim shared on X on Sunday, Babandede maintained that the Nigerian Constitution allows persons whose parents or grandparents (both male and female) become citizen by birth.

Babandede served as the Immigration Service Comptroller General under the administration of later former President, Muhammadu Buhari.