The Delta State College of Nursing has issued a query and threatened disciplinary action against one of its students, Osato Edobor, over her involvement in a viral video where student nurses ridiculed First Lady Oluremi Tinubu.
A copy of the query, signed by the college’s provost, Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne, surfaced online on Friday, sparking reactions.
The document accused Ms. Edobor of “singing, recording and circulating a trending viral video of nursing students rejecting Mrs. Tinubu as their mother.”
She was given 24 hours to respond to the allegations.
The query stated, “It has come to the notice of the school authority that you, Student Nurse Osato Edobor, on the 25th of March, 2025, during the official visit of the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, at Dome Event Center, Asaba, for the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and distribution of 10,000 Professional Kits (Crocs and Scrubs) to Midwives in each Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria (South-South Zone), was found to be engaged in a malicious act of recording/singing and posting an unofficial response to a song during the arrival of the First Lady (found on your TikTok page).”
The college further described the act as a “punishable offence as enshrined in the Student Handbook under standardised disciplinary action for some punishable offences No. 8, Page 21.”
This development comes days after the video of student nurses publicly rejecting Mrs. Tinubu as their “mother” went viral.
In the video, an individual, believed to be the event’s MC, sang a praise song in pidgin English, calling on students to join in acknowledging Mrs. Tinubu as their mother.
“Na our mama be this o, we no get another one,” the MC sang, expecting the students to echo the sentiment.
However, the students responded, “Na your mama be this o eh,” dismissing the claim and implying that Mrs. Tinubu was the MC’s mother and not theirs.
Undeterred, the MC repeated the song, this time including the first lady’s name:
“Na our mama be this o, Oluremi Tinubu.”
But again, the students refused to accept Mrs. Tinubu as their mother, singing back, “Na your mama be this eh eh.”
