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Omowunmi, the wife of popular TikToker ‘Disturbing’, has narrated how her husband died after suffering a seizure during a live session on social media on Thursday.
In a TikTok video, Omowunmi explained that she was cooking in the kitchen when neighbours alerted her that her husband had collapsed during the live broadcast.
According to her, he suffered a seizure, fell, and hit his head on a stone, leading to severe bleeding. Despite efforts to save him, he passed away on Friday morning.
“Yesterday morning, my husband was on TikTok live video while I cooked his food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he had a seizure, fell down, and hit his head on a stone that was in front of him. Blood was coming out of his head. A young boy and some neighbours who were passing then saw him. They thought he had fainted so they started pouring water on him. The young boy ran inside and called me from the kitchen.
“When I got there, I told them to stop pouring water and that it was a seizure. We quickly rushed him to the hospital, where they placed him on oxygen. He passed away this morning,” she narrated.
Omowunmi further clarified that the late TikToker, who was also known as ‘Buckle’ in his community, had a medical history of seizures and was already on medication before his death.
She dismissed speculation that his death was spiritually motivated, noting that he last had a seizure episode in February.
“The last time he had it was in February. I have never left him by himself because of this seizure. If not that I was cooking in the kitchen, I would have grabbed him when the seizure happened. To everyone saying it was a spiritual attack. It is a pure medical issue,” she said.
Before his death, the deceased was well known in his community as a cobbler, musician, and an active supporter of the Justice For Mohbad movement.
A viral video on social media showed him in a distressed state before he eventually collapsed on Thursday at their residence in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. (Nigerian Tribune)