UK-based Nigerian comedian KlintonCod has come out in support of British Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch following backlash over her comments describing her boarding school experience in Nigeria as traumatic and “like a prison.”
Badenoch, who recently revealed she no longer identifies as Nigerian, faced heavy criticism after sharing her experience at a boarding school in Sagamu during a podcast interview.
Many Nigerians accused her of exaggerating and being disrespectful to her roots.
But in a social media post, KlintonCod defended Badenoch, drawing parallels with his own experience at a boys-only boarding school in Nigeria.
“It was like a prison too with huge walls around us properly secured. The difference between us and prisoners was the fact that we had mid-term breaks and holidays. Every other thing was the same!” he wrote.
The comedian went further to say that some UK prisons he had visited in the course of his work were in better condition than his former school.
“I have never been to a Nigerian prison but… those guys [in UK prisons] had a far better quality of life than my life in boarding school,” he added.
KlintonCod also recalled violent incidents during his time in school, including the use of machetes and axes during student clashes. He criticized the toxic culture of seniority, which often involved physical abuse.
“Somebody in SS3 is using a cutlass to flog you in SS1 because he is your senior,” he said, adding that items sent from home were frequently seized by senior students.
Responding to the backlash Badenoch has faced, KlintonCod attributed it to what he called her “blunt honesty.”
“I am yet to find one solid & justifiable reason why Nigerians dislike Kemi Badenoch. Only reason seen so far is she is TOO honest,” he stated.
He ended his remarks with a humorous proposal that Kemi Badenoch should run alongside Nigerian politician Peter Obi in a future election.
“The country go sweet dieeeee,” he wrote.
During the original podcast interview, Badenoch revealed she was born in the UK but spent part of her childhood in Nigeria.
She disclosed that she has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s, saying she feels more aligned with British identity.
According to her, her parents decided to send her back to the UK at age 16 after concluding there was “no future” for her in Nigeria.
