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Buhari’s Aide Under Fire Over ‘Calm Down’ Comment

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August 4, 2020

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By GWG Staff

Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on social media has come under strong attack after condemning the action of Mrs. Toluwaoloju Ajayi, the woman in the popular ‘calm down’ skit with her injunction for her punishment.

Ms Onochie said the video was a clear case of child abuse which brought a trauma on the child and that the lady if she were in the UK would be sent to prison.

The viral video was, however, a background for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Sallah message last weekend and fetched the mother and child a gubernatorial appreciation.

Her assertion was, however, strongly rebuffed by a number of twitter users who said her assertion of child rights was extreme in the case between the four year old and his mother.

“I was distressed by the calm down video. I can’t imagine the trauma that child and other children who watched it, went through. We must make laws that protect children in our nation,” she said on a post on twitter.

Continuing, she said:

“There are better and more effective and humane ways of effecting behavioural changes in children the calm down video, is a clear case of child abuse. That was not discipline. TIMES HAVE CHANGED 2020.

“Many Nigerian adults today, are suffering from the effects of similar abuse when they were children. In the UK, the child would be in care, his mother charged,” she said.

Her assertion with a few exceptions was largely rebuffed by twitter users who responded thus:

That the mother even made a video of it and posted it on SM was what suprised me the most. And i am suprised even the Lagos State Governor made reference to it as a way of encouraging people instead of condemning it
— Samuel Omogor (@SamuelOmogor) August 3, 2020

I was really against that video especially watching that child go through all of that… There are better ways to discipline a child. The person that recorded the 'calm down' video, abused that poor child! We joke too much in this country.
— Oscaroshar Efe (EOO) (@OscarosharE) August 3, 2020

I thought as well. But Nigerians were busy making jokes from it. Terrible way of raising kids. Naija is far
— Chukwuemeka (@Champele) August 3, 2020

@Laurestar you are just on Twitter talking rubbish, How about the citizens that are going through bad governance trauma day in day out?
I can see that you are a very useless woman.. https://t.co/pQJdul5he0
— jude mayor asemota (@Mayornation) August 4, 2020

At the moment we stop being African, we lose everything else. Let our ways be ours. Let the "white men" do it their ways. I have learned in school that when a system is working, you don't change it. So, that was not "child abuse", it was discipline in its sheer Africanness sir. https://t.co/x6iW2iLqwI
— I am BATMAN ??? (@Boda_Batman) August 3, 2020

I believe there's a wide difference between child abuse & discipline..
If it was a case of child abuse, you obviously would have seen the boy with swollen face & all
I'm sure if we are able to see the latter part of that video, she didn't end up beating the boy.
— Asst. Deji of Akure (@iam_hikay) August 4, 2020

If your son turns out to be useless in the future you are the type that would pour blames on your wife
— IfyTheBoy (@AlexiusIfeanyi) August 4, 2020

So individuals just need brain reset…pls can you differentiate between child abuse and child discipline, if she was abusing the child will she have it on records? It clear that that kid is stubborn and with that video there was no intent to beat him.
— Akinjayeju tolulope (@AkinjayejuT) August 4, 2020

A mom made a video and pleaded with the government for justice because a tanker fell on her daughter's car and killed her.And the government didn't see that video but all you were and still concerned about is a lil boy that told his mom to calm DOWN.
— ~Anthonia? (@Abiso_la) August 4, 2020

This woman dey ment o, I'm pretty sure if we saw the latter part of that video, she didn't touch the boy. This adult ode is opening mouth like an hacked pipeline spewing rubbish
— Asst. Deji of Akure (@iam_hikay) August 4, 2020

This is a common occurrence in most Nigerian homes.
If this woman is arrested for child abuse then most Nigerian parents should also be arrested.
— Out-of-box thinker (@Maiwadas) August 4, 2020

Out of all problem Nigerians are facing it is a video of a good womancorrecting her son u want to take up as child abuse case where we have a lot of infant rape cases. Madam abeg face ur wahalah n leave the peaceful woman alone
— olagoke waliyulah-ولي الله (@lahdhan) August 4, 2020

Someone who is talking about child abuse but the same govt is working can't see the people killing Christian on daily basis
— home of benz (@Johnson16899104) August 4, 2020

UK my foot, this is Nigeria. All these people saying if it’s in UK, US blah blah bla, stop using every opportunity to tell us you have visited UK. Go back there and leave us with our norms in Nigeria. The mother is 101%, she would ve been clapping for the little boy abi hypos!!
— Nonso? (@NonsoKings_CEO) August 4, 2020

Why all these people like to use foreigners take compare us in things like this, as you can see in the video the mother didn’t want to kill the child na small beat wen de reset brain, she even negotiated with him sef, it goes to show she doesn’t only spank the child when he is…
— Ogbame Justus (@ogbame_justus) August 4, 2020

…in the wrong but she also talks to him and the beating is just a deterrent, you can tell a baby not to touch fire all@you want if the fire never burn am the pikin no go stop, try it.
— Ogbame Justus (@ogbame_justus) August 4, 2020

Wtf! Nigeria is not a country to be proud of, seriously! Ahn ahn. Many more serious cases out there and you're here combating a mother that was just teaching her child a lesson. This country is not worth to be on this earth, iswear
— AUGUST 5th?????? (@ilurryusomuchhh) August 4, 2020

E no go better for all of una wey dey call this child abuse. Clearly the boy was a constant offender when he pleased with the mom to give him one more chance. If the boy turns out to b a menace in the society, same y'all are quick to blame the mother. Ori yin ti daru
— HIBEEKAY OF 'LASGIDI????? (@hibeekay_lee) August 4, 2020

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