Nigeria, Dec. 5 -- The former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has stated that Kemi Badenoch, leader of the country's Conservative Party, could become Prime Minister.

Mr Johnson said this at the ongoing Imo State summit in Owerri, the state capital.

In his remark, Mr Johnson said Nigeria sent the UK a future prime minister.

"You send us a future United Kingdom prime minister in the form of Kemi Badenoch, who comes from Nigeria and is doing better and better these days," he said.

Ms Badenoch, born to Nigerian parents, became the first black woman to lead the UK Conservative Party after she won the Conservative Party's 2024 leadership contest, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final members' ballot.

In the months that followed, Ms Baden...