It's a clear case of child abuse - Lauretta Onochie slams "mummy calm down" viral video

Lauretta Onochie, an aide to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that the viral video which shows a boy saying "mummy calm down" is a clear case of child abuse.

The boy is seen in the video telling his mother to calm down while she was trying to discipline him for a wrongdoing.

The mother said that she made the video to show the public the kind of display her son puts up whenever he's about to get disciplined.

However, Lauretta Onochie said that she "was distressed by the calm down video".

She tweeted: "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.

"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".

She added that if such should happen "in the UK, the child would be in care, his mother charged".

.@sunrisedailynow the calm down video, is a clear case of child abuse. That was not discipline.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
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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

— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) August 3, 2020