UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has revealed that she turned away from God after questioning why her trivial prayers were answered while the desperate pleas of a woman held captive for more than two decades went unheard.
Speaking in a BBC interview on Thursday, Badenoch recalled being shaken after reading the harrowing account of Josef Fritzl’s daughter, who was imprisoned in an underground dungeon in Austria for 24 years.
“I couldn’t stop reading this story. And I read her account, how she prayed every day to be rescued. And I thought, I was praying for all sorts of stupid things, and I was getting my prayers answered,” Badenoch said. 
She added, “I was praying to have good grades, my hair should grow longer, and I would pray for the bus to come on time so I wouldn’t miss something. It’s like, why were those prayers answered and not this woman’s prayers? And it was like someone blew out a candle.”
Badenoch explained that the experience led her to distance herself from God, though she still identified with Christianity. “I rejected God, not Christianity. So, I would still define myself as a cultural Christian,” she stated.
The 45-year-old politician, who last week stirred controversy by declaring she was “no longer a Nigerian,” also recounted how she once reported a classmate for cheating in an exam but received no acknowledgement or praise for the act.
