In response to the video of Namtira Bwala being harassed by a fellow student at Lead British School, well-known comedian Bovi Ugboma has responded.
Remember how Maryam Hassan, a female student, was seen on camera repeatedly slapping Namtira, a classmate, across the face in an effort to scare her
Bovi Ugboma shared his admiration and delight at the existence of well-reared, sensitive, modest, and polite youngsters in Nigeria on Instagram.
He recommended that other schools take note of this and provide counselling to the girl who was being bullied in order to prevent her from experiencing more pain.
The comic finally sneered at the relative for slapping the bully because, according to the law, she was acting in reprisal.
Bovi’s viewpoint on the controversy around bullying
His quote:
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“It gives me great joy to know that we still have well raised children in Nigeria. Children who are soft meek and civil. Children who under the deadliest of provocation still keep their calm. Though the girl in question may have been afraid, she didn’t coil, she didn’t whimper. She didn’t beg. I admire her.“However it is left for the authorities to magnify this abuse and deal with it decisively. It should serve as a warning to orders.
“Also of importance is the need for the bullied girl to go through some counseling so that every impending trauma is squashed before it develops. As id always say, we can only give what we were given. This is how monsters are created. No child was born violent.
“Lastly, I saw the video of the relative who slapped the bully. She acted in fury, but by the definition of law, she acted in retaliation. While I understand the outrage and her anger, let’s not forget that these are the issues. Slapping somebody across the face is a no no. Nothing civil about it. We must start to preach this across board and we must emphasize the criminality of jungle justice.”
