Nigeria, March 27 -- The leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, says Britain should have voted against the UN resolution, which described slavery as the greatest crime against humanity and demanded slavery reparations from former colonial authorities.

Ms Badenoch, who is of Nigerian origin, criticised the UK for abstaining from voting on the resolution, which, according to her, demanded trillions from British taxpayers as reparations for slavery.

In a post on X, she said, "Russia, China, and Iran vote with others to demand trillions in reparations from UK taxpayers.and the Labour government abstain!

"Why didn't Starmer's representative vote against this? Ignorance.or cowardice?"

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the UN General ...