Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has described her time at the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Sagamu, Ogun State, as a “prison-like” experience.
In a social media interview clip, Badenoch recalled the austere boarding life, revealing that she had to cut grass with a machete and clean toilets without running water while attending the federal school.
“I went to a secondary school, it was called a federal government girls school in a place called Sagamu,” she said. “And that was like being in prison when I tell the stories about using a machete and having to fetch buckets of water.”
Badenoch explained that the experience was her first time living away from her family. She described the school’s dormitory conditions as congested, with about 150 girls housed in six rooms, accommodating 20 to 30 students each.
She likened the environment to a survival scenario, saying, “It was like Lord of the Flies, you know, the students were in control. We needed to look after the school grounds. So using a machete, having to clean toilets with no running water… I’m not going to go into the description of that.”
The British politician noted that the federal school system at the time was designed to mix students from different parts of the country to ensure equal distribution of academic talent, often sending children far from home.
Badenoch, who has repeatedly criticised Nigeria in recent times, recently declared that she no longer wishes to identify with the country of her birth.
