A Nigerian mother at the center of a viral controversy has come forward to clarify the circumstances surrounding a video that showed her appearing to feed her infant from a sachet of the alcoholic beverage “Action Bitters.”
The video, which quickly made rounds across social media platforms, showed the woman—dressed in a pink outfit—holding her baby and feeding the child from the clearly labeled sachet.
The footage triggered widespread condemnation, with many viewers assuming the child was being given an alcoholic substance.
Following the online uproar, the Lagos State Police Command confirmed that a manhunt has been launched to locate and apprehend the woman for questioning. Authorities say her actions, regardless of content, raise serious child endangerment concerns and require further investigation.
However, in a newly released video, the woman denied the allegations and explained that the sachet did not contain alcohol at all. According to her, she had earlier poured Coca-Cola into an empty Action Bitters sachet and used it to feed the baby, adding that there was no harmful content involved.
“It was Coke I poured into the sachet,” she stated in the video. “I did not give my baby anything harmful or alcoholic. People misunderstood what they saw.”
She further explained that she had finished the bottle of Coke but lacked a baby-friendly container to transfer the leftover soft drink, which led her to repurpose the empty sachet she had on hand.
While she acknowledged that using an alcoholic-branded sachet may have led to confusion, she firmly rejected any claims of negligence or child endangerment. She urged the public to consider the full story before drawing conclusions based on a short clip.
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Despite this clarification, many Nigerians online have expressed doubt over her explanation. Observers noted significant differences between the original viral clip and the one she recently posted.
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