Presidential aide, Dada Olusegun, has taken time to educate the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch on Nigerian citizenship following her comment about passage to offspring.

During an interview with CNN on Sunday, Badenoch, stated that passing her Nigerian citizenship to her children as not possible because she is a woman.

According to her, acquiring British Citizenship as a Nigerian is easier than the other way around it.

She said, “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.”

In reaction to the statement, Olusegun in an X post on monday accused Badenoch of being deliberate on her action as it’s meant to malign Nigeria.

While also criticizing her, the presidential aide pointed out to the UK politician where her claim was clearly stated in the Nigerian constitution.

He wrote, “Aunty @KemiBadenoch, why do you continue to lie against your motherland? Why this continuous, dangerous, and desperate attempt to malign Nigeria?

“Chapter 3, Section 25(1)(c) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution states that if the Nigerian woman is a citizen by birth, her children, whether born in Nigeria or abroad, are Nigerian citizens by descent, automatically under Section 25 of the Constitution.

“This holds regardless of the father’s nationality. You do not need to apply for registration or naturalisation for her child to be a citizen.”

Kemi Badenoch is a Nigerian who was born in the UK and named Olukemi Adegoke by her Nigerian parents.

Badenoch grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, she was relocated to the UK at 16 where she got married to Scottish banker Hamish Badenoch, and bore him three children.

Contrary to Badenoch’s claim, the Nigerian constitution states that despite being born outside Nigeria, a person remains a Nigerian if either of the parents is a Nigerian (Section 25(1)(c) of the 1999 Constitution).