Delta State College of Nursing, Agbor, has issued a query letter to one of its students, Osato Edobor, over her involvement in a viral video that showed student nurses allegedly ridiculing First Lady Oluremi Tinubu.
In the video, the nursing students can be heard gleefully rejecting Mrs. Tinubu as their mother.
The query, dated March 27,2025 and signed by the provost, Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne, accused Edobor of singing, recording, and circulating the video, which the institution considered a “malicious act” and a punishable offence according to the Student Handbook.
The incident occurred during the First Lady’s official visit to the Dome Event Center in Asaba, where she launched the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and distributed 10,000 professional kits to midwives.
In the video, the students rejected Mrs. Tinubu as their mother, singing “na your mama be this o eh” in response to the MC’s praise song.
The college has given Edobor 24 hours to respond to the query and explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against her.
However, in a new development, the Delta State College of Nursing Sciences has officially withdrawn the query issued to Student Nurse Edobor Osatohemwen, following a directive from the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme.
in a letter dated March 28, 2025, the school’s provost, Mrs. Evbodaghe R., confirmed the withdrawal of the query, stating that the Commissioner’s decision was made out of magnanimity.
The institution further regretted any inconveniences the matter may have caused.
Osatohemwen has now been instructed to return the original query letter to the office of the provost through the student affairs officer.
The withdrawal of the disciplinary action has fueled fresh reactions online, with many questioning the initial justification for the query, while others commended the government’s intervention.
