Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’

Yinka Bankole in uniform, with his mother – Oluremi A Bankole – before going to Dulwich college in south-east London. Photograph: Yinka Bankole

A former Dulwich college pupil who claims a teenage Nigel Farage told him “that’s the way back to Africa” has said he felt compelled to speak out after the Reform leader’s attempt at “denying or dismissing” the hurt of his alleged targets.

Yinka Bankole, who claims he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Farage singled him out for abuse, said he had decided to tell his story in full after watching the Reform leader’s press conference on Thursday.