‘Mummy Be Calming Down’: Neighbours met husband on top of wife’s body – Police

Controversy is trailing the purported suicide of the woman in a viral ‘Mummy Be Calming Down’ video, Toluige Olokoobi Babalola, as the Edo State Police said reports from the husband of the woman and those of his neighbours contradicted.

The woman and her son became internet sensations after a video showed the little boy on his knees in 2020 frantically begging his mother after offending her.

In the video, the little boy was seen crying and begging his mom to ‘calm down and rest a little’ before taking any action against him.

On Tuesday this week, an X user disclosed that Toluige committed suicide in Benin, Edo State due to unknown reasons claiming that he was at the scene of the incident on Monday afternoon.

Speaking on the issue in the Edo State Command Headquarters of the Nigerian Police in Benin City, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor said the account of the husband of the deceased, Mr Lawal, and that of his neigbhours differed.

Nwabuzor also said this has made the State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Adamu Dankwara launch an investigation into the issue.

According to Nwabuzor, “On the 8th of November 2023, the husband by name Lawal reported to the Evbuotubu Division in Benin City, Edo State that he returned from the market and met his child of two years old by the name Ife Lawal crying.

“Immediately he burst the door open and saw the wife on a rope tied to the ceiling so he loosed it and cried out to the neighbours who came and accompanied him to the hospital where the wife was confirmed dead and immediately deposited at a hospital mortuary in Benin City.

“Thereafter, he went to the Evbuotubu police station to report the incident, the DPO while responding to that case went with his operatives to the house where they recovered the rope and suicide note allegedly written by the late woman.”

He further said, “From there, the DPO went down with him to the hospital to check the body of the deceased if there was a mark of violence. With all diligence, the DPO checked and there was no mark of violence.

“Based on this, the Commissioner of Police, Edo state CP Muhamed Adamu Dankara directed the DPO to immediately transfer the case to SCID for further investigation.

“There are issues alleged and there are so many sides of the coin, the husband said the neigbhours came upon his outcry and helped him to lose the woman.

“The neigbhours are saying ‘No! We did not know anything about loosing the woman’ that when he shouted, we came and met him lying on top of the woman.

“There are so many issues, that is why the Commissioner of Police in his wisdom ordered for investigation.

“Moreso when there was a report from the DPO that there was no mark of violence, one would have expected in all truism that the woman that died of hanging, the mark of the rope will be there, that is the mark of violence we are talking about so he is under investigation.”

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This life. Let me wait for the full story before commenting.

Why will he shout for help and proceed to lie on the body?

Seems like he was trying to resuscitate her or finish her before help arrives 😳

Confusing

Let's wait for proper investigation by the security agency before any propaganda

You lack sense

SIXTEENTH:
Let's wait for proper investigation by the security agency before any propaganda

Like this has ever yielded fruits in this country?! 😒

Keep hoping 🤣

Maybe the wife refused to give him
all the proceeds gotten from the viral
"calm down" video 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Definitely, something is amiss. The man is the primary suspect in this case of possible homicide. Forensic handwriting analysis should not be neglected if they are to determine the truth of the man's claim that she dropped a suicide note.

Make una allow the man rest, he didn't kill his wife,
It's normal for u to come home find ur wife hanging, cut the rope ,bring her down and be on top to see if u can revive her, shey na under her he for dey?
Pray no such thing happen to u, then everyone will become cid for ur matter

edudaniel:
The statement the husband of Toluige Olokobi Babalola, the woman who went viral in the popular ‘Mummy Calm Down’ video, told the Police about her purported suicide contradicts what the neighbours narrated.

The spokesperson of the Edo State police command, Chidi Nwabuzor, on Friday, at the headquarters of the command in Benin City, said the husband’s account of what happened and that of the neighbours differed.

Nwabuzor revealed that the Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Dankwara, has ordered an investigation into the issue.

According to the police spokesperson, the husband claimed to have met rope on the neck of her wife, however, the neighbours denied seeing the rope, adding that the husband was met on the body of his wife.

Nwabuzor said, “On November 8, the husband, by name Lawal, reported to the Evbuotubu Division in Benin City, Edo State.

“He said that he returned from the market and met his two-year-old child, Ife Lawal, crying.

“Immediately, he burst the door open and saw the wife on a rope tied to the ceiling. So he loosened it and cried out to the neighbours.

“They came and accompanied him to the hospital where the wife was confirmed dead and they deposited the body at a hospital mortuary in Benin City.

“Thereafter, he went to the Evbuotubu Police Station to report the incident.

“The DPO went with his operatives to the house, where they recovered the rope and suicide note allegedly written by the late woman.

“From there, the DPO went down with him to the hospital to check the body of the deceased for marks of violence. With all due diligence, the DPO checked, but there was no mark of violence.

“Based on this, the Commissioner of Police, Dankwara, directed the DPO to immediately transfer the case to SCID for further investigation.”

Speaking on the neighbour’s account, he said, “There are issues alleged and there are so many sides of the coin.

“The husband said the neighbours came when he cried for help. And that they helped him loosen the rope from his wife’s neck.

“However, the neighbours are saying no, ‘we do not know anything about loosening the rope’.

“They said when he shouted for help, they came in and met him lying on the woman.

“There are so many issues and that is why the Commissioner of Police, in his wisdom, ordered for investigation. Moreso there was a report from the DPO that there was no mark of violence.

“One would have expected, in all truism, a mark from the rope on the woman that died from hanging. That is the mark of violence we are talking about. So he is under investigation.”

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ceejay80s:
Make una allow the man rest, he didn't kill his wife,
It's normal for u to come home find ur wife hanging, cut the rope ,bring her down and be on top to see if u can revive her, shey na under her he for dey?
Pray no such thing happen to u, then everyone will become cid for ur matter

True, but that doesn't mean police and the public should swallow his version of story without investigation. Do you know how many homicides will be passed off as suicides if that were allowed?

Make God no go let neighbours enter problem for Eye witness..

Naija police...I no dey among na 15k now ooo.. I would have left that street since 19BC until coast clear..

Let's be guided

illicit:
Why will he shout for help and proceed to lie on the body?

Confusing

Very, very confusing

As you pray for success, pray for the wisdom to handle it

If your prayers are all answered today, will you grow wild cos you’re now rich or be sober and reflective in worshiping and thanking God?

Naija police can be slow and dull in a case involving postmortem....no headway concerning mobad case all this while

Dead men tell no tales.

Doesn't mean he killed her..an autopsy will solve all of this

Why did the man go to the market?

This is terribly sad

Hmmmm

Let justice be served. I still believe the woman committed suicide.

Lobatan

This case is kinda complicated

It is well

I sense ritual

Daddy should have calm-down

This is becoming serious

See how police swung into action immidiately and detained the man (Who we believed was close to her in the last 48-72 hours before he demise)

But Mohbad died under mysterious circumstances and the wife wasn't detained,

The rule(s) of this country are for the POOR or the ones without CONNECTIONS!

Make money for this Nigeria oo or try as much as possible to Have CONNECTIONS in this shit hole.

I'm outta here!

So ? ... victimization has started.

The same neighbors said when the man came back from market and saw the woman dead, he quickly alerted them...and by the time they came, the man was seen on the woman... doing what ? They forgot to complete the story ...that the man was seen ontop the wife crying as it is usually the case when a woman is crying for the loss of her husband...women mostly cry Rollin on the floor and on the dead man...

Social media and bloggers should allow the man to mourn his wife...it won't be a big deal if a woman is seen crying ontop her dead husband..so why is that of the man an issue ? ..after all, the police said preliminary investigation did not show any sign of Violence on her body