Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- There are growing concerns about the validity of Kemi Badenoch's claim to have been offered admission to study medicine at Stanford University, one of the US's most prestigious universities, at the age of 16, as admission staff are indicating that this is unlikely, The Guardian reports.

The UK Conservative leader has repeatedly asserted that she received offers of admission and a partial scholarship to pursue medicine at Stanford and other leading US universities, based on her high exam scores.

During an interview with The Huffington Post in 2017, she mentioned that she had received an invitation to study at Stanford on a partial scholarship but could not accept it because her parents could not afford the tuition fee...