Police arrest husband, as mother of ‘mummy be calming down’ boy commits suicide
The husband of Toluige Olokoobi, known for the viral “mummy calm down” video featuring their son, Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, has been arrested after Toluige committed suicide.
Olokoobi was the mother to Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, the little boy who became popular in 2020 when a video of him appealing to his mother to “calm down” went viral.
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested the husband of Mrs Toluige Olokoobi, after committing suicide.
Olokoobi was the mother to Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, the little boy whose video went viral after begging his mother with “mummy be calming down” in 2020.
Oreofeoluwa became popular on social media platforms after a video went viral of him in tears in an attempt to confidently appeal to his mother who scolded him.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was inspired by the video at the time as he used it to send an Eid-el-Kabir message to Muslims and Lagos residents generally to maintain calm during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The boy alongside his family thereafter met with the governor, who hailed his courage and composure.
While nothing or little has been heard about the family after three years, sad news hit social media on Tuesday that the boy’s mother had killed herself.
An X user wrote that Olokoobi committed suicide in Benin, the capital of Edo State, due to undisclosed reasons.
The X user, who said he was at the scene of the incident on Monday afternoon, added that she had refused to share her problems with anyone before committing suicide.
“The woman in the viral Mummy Calm down video has just committed suicide here in Benin,” he wrote.
“She refused to speak to anyone about her problems. She left three kids for her husband including the popular Mummy Calm Down boy.”
The husband reported the incident to the police, stating that he found his wife hanging with a rope around her neck when he returned from the market.
Nwabuzor said she was rushed to the hospital and then to the mortuary after she was confirmed dead.
The police have detained him for questioning.
