A video capturing the bullying of a student by her peer at a popular private school in Abuja, has gone viral. The act has since sparked national outrage and discourse across social media. Even celebrities have a lot to say on the matter. ADERONKE ADESANYA gathered the reactions of some Nigerian celebrities on social media platforms for their take on bullying in secondary schools.
Neo
Big Brother Naija star Neo took to his X account, recounting how his family handled it when his nephew was bullied.
“This whole bullying matter just made me remember when my nephew got bullied in a boarding school. Nah that day dem know say you no dey bully pikin wen come from Big Family.”
Kie Kie
Influencer Kie Kie commented on Bovi’s post, commending the bravery of the student who was bullied.
She said, “I have such huge respect for the parent of the bullied child, for raising such a fine girl. Some people saw a timid girl. I saw a girl with an extremely commendable self control while standing her ground. She wasn’t crying, she wasn’t begging and regardless of how loud their voices were and how plenty in number they were she didn’t let her head down!
“A girl as myself that can’t and doesn’t fight as well, I’ve won so many situations in life by just being smart. Violence is for the fooooooolitch and weak! Pray she continues to grow with such Grace.”
Do2dtun
In a now-deleted post he made on X on April 23, 2024, popular OAP Do2dtun encouraged his followers to call out their former bullies. He also stated that there would be problems if anyone touched any of his daughters.
His X post read, “Name & tag a bully. I attended Mayflower School Ikenne. I’ll start Onome Orode & Tunde Suliamon. One was a silence officer. One was in B3down & the other was B2Up The last one passed, I’ll respect the dead. #CallOutBulliesDay in this order Name: School: Incident: Drag them.”
On Instagram he added, “Between A and F on my keyboard, you will see shege if this ever happened to me. I’ll beat the teacher, the students that slapped my kids, the security guards & parents of the kids. Better kidigbo… Old Testament way.”
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