A London-based Nigerian woman, Bemi Orojuogun, has gone viral after one of her social media videos hit 48 million views.

Orojuogun, a nurse in the United Kingdom (UK), is known to nearly 300,000 followers on TikTok as ‘Bus Aunty’.

Speaking to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), she said: “I want people to see London the way I see it.

“My love for London red buses started a long time ago, when I first came to this country in the early 90s.

“There are four parts of London that I really, really love: red buses, red telephone booths, all the London bridges and Big Ben. But buses are my main love.”

Speaking on the video that went viral and hit as many as 48 million views, she said she only showcased this enthusiasm last March, posting a video of a 241 bus driving past her in Plaistow, east London.

Orojuogun said there was nothing unusual about the video, but to her surprise, it quickly racked up millions of views when it was shared worldwide.

“I received a call from my daughter saying: ‘Mummy, you are going viral’,” said Orojuogun, who explained that “I loved the way young people really liked the video, their comments and the way they were reposting it, and then I did more of it.

“Some of them love to guess where I will be going next and suggest where I should visit next, and that is how it all started.”

Orojuogun, speaking further about her most popular video, which has so far amassed 48.1 million views, said it is just a one-minute clip that shows her standing in front of a bus stop in Greenwich as a series of buses drive past her to the soundtrack of “Back for Good” by Take That.

“It is still all a dream and a shock to me. A lot of celebrities have been in my DMs, congratulating me, telling me they are proud of me,” she explained.

“But not only that, I am so glad the way social media has accepted me, the way they have come behind me and supported me.” (The Guardian)

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