Delta nursing students to face punishment for posting insulting & rejection video of wife of president, Remi Tinubu’s visit on social media
Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, Agbor Delta State, is set to punish Nursing Student found guilty of posting video of where the student sang a rejection song against the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu. Oluremi Tinubu
The school authorities in a statement issued on Thursday said students found guilty of posting the video on social media will face punishment.
Agenda Papers reports that First Lady Oluremi Tinubu was in Delta State College Nursing Sciences on Tuesday, 25th of March 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.
During her visit, the Nursing Student was asked to sign along a song dedicated to the First Lady, calling her Our Mother.
The students in a response to the song rejected the First Lady, calling her your mother, referring to the MC. “Na our mama be this ooo, we don’t have another, na our mama be this ooo, the MC sang” in response, the nursing student who were supposed to respond, “na our mama be this ooo” responded with “na your mama be this ooo”, rejecting Remi Tinubu as their mother.
The video went viral on social media and made headlines. Irked over the video, the school authorities said any Nurse student found guilty of posting the video on their social media account will be facing possible punishment.
The letter dated 27th March, 2025 was signed by the School provost, Mrs. Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne. The letter read: QUERY FOR DIVULGING UNAUTHORISED ONLINE PUBLICATION/VIDEO SOCIAL MEDIA (TIKTOK, FACEBOOK ETC.) It has come to the notice of the school authority that you, Student Nurse Osato Edobor on the 25th of March, 2025 during 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 malicious act of recording/singing and posting unofficial response to song during the arrival of the First Lady (found on your Tittok Page).
This is a punishable offence as enshrined in the Student Handbook under standardised disciplinary action for some punishable offences No. 8, Page 21.
You are therefore requested to explain in writing in triplicate copies within 24th hours of receipt of this letter why disciplinary action should not be taken against you for this act.
But in another development Agenda Papers gathered that Delta state commissioner of health has quashed the purported query issued to the students concerning the humiliation of the wife of the president in her visit to Delta state.
