Yinka Bankole claimed he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Nigel Farage singled him out for abuse, and that he was speaking out after the Reform UK leader dismissed the allegations

Nigel Farage has been accused of telling a classmate to “that’s the way back to Africa".

Yinka Bankole claimed he had just started at the same school as the Reform UK leader when a 17-year-old Mr Farage singled him out for abuse.

Mr Bankole, whose parents moved to the UK from Nigeria in the 1950s, claimed he decided to share his story after seeing Reform UK leader’s attempt at “ denying or dismissing ” the hurt of his alleged targets. READ MORE : Nigel Farage loses his cool and launches into anti-BBC rant after question about racism READ MORE : Eleven Holocaust survivors demand

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