Nigeria, March 1 -- A Lagos-based celebrity furniture maker, Oluwatobi 'Tobywood' Omoosumi, is dead.

On Friday, Tobywood's family announced his death in a statement posted on his X page, which was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.

Tobywood, who crafted various types of furniture-including TV wall units and toilets-was no stranger to controversy during his lifetime, which fueled scepticism about his reported death.

When Tobywood, who had 22.6K followers on X (formerly Twitter), was kidnapped in February 2024, many dismissed it as a stunt despite his family declaring him missing.

In a series of tweets, Tobywood, known for regularly showcasing his work on X, recounted how he was abducted in a minibus (Korope) and how he managed to escape.

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