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Kemi Badenoch recalls witnessing lynch mobs in Nigeria during childhood speech

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has revealed that she witnessed people being lynched during her childhood in Nigeria.

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch revealed over the weekend that she witnessed at least two people being lynched while living in Nigeria as a child. The Daily Mail and The Times reported that she shared the experiences while speaking at the Cliveden Literary Festival. [1][4]

According to the Daily Mail, Badenoch said she saw one victim committing a crime before being beaten to death by a crowd, and described another victim as just being killed. She stated that these formative experiences taught her the importance of standing up to online cancel culture. [1]

Badenoch has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2024. She previously held senior Cabinet posts under former prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak between 2022 and 2024, and has served as a Member of Parliament since 2017. [5]

The disclosures come as Badenoch warned the Conservative Party to prepare for a potential general election before Christmas, as FTMQ News reported earlier. [2][10]

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In short

  • Kemi Badenoch said she witnessed at least two people being lynched while living in Nigeria as a child.
  • Badenoch shared the childhood experiences during a speech at the Cliveden Literary Festival.
  • She linked the formative events in Nigeria to her stance against online cancel culture.
  • Badenoch has served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2024.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Kemi Badenoch reveals she watched lynch mobs kill people when she was a child in NigeriaDaily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Kemi Badenoch secures poll bounce and warns Tories to prepare for potential pre-Christmas electionThe Independent, 10h ago
  3. [3]To succeed like Margaret Thatcher, Kemi Badenoch must take on the BlobThe Telegraph, 23h ago
  4. [4]Kemi Badenoch: As a child I saw lynch mobs kill peopleThe Times, 4h ago

Background

  1. [5]Kemi Badenoch on Wikipedia
  2. [6]2024 United Kingdom riots on Wikipedia
  3. [7]Kemi Badenoch on Grokipedia
  4. [8]Nigeria on Grokipedia
  5. [9]Conservative Party sees poll rise after Kemi Badenoch tax pledge FTMQ News, 14h ago
  6. [10]Kemi Badenoch puts Conservative Party on notice for early general election FTMQ News, 1d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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