Crime/Social Justice
'My wife is threatening my life', Content creator cries out, petitions Police
Written By: Udo Inobeme
20 Aug 2025 10:17 AM
Lekki, Lagos – A Nigerian content creator, Osifo Eliab, has filed a formal petition with the Nigerian Police Force, at the Area J Area command, Elemero Ibeju-lekki Lagos state, alleging that his wife, Mabel Osifo has been making threats against his life.
The petition, dated July 24, 2025, followed series of disturbing claims made by the Austria-based content creator, who alleged that unknown persons have been calling him on the phone in the guise of settling the dispute between him and his wife.
Eliab told the police that the unending calls in the wake of their domestic dispute has caused him fear of being attacked by the unknown persons allegedly being sent by Mabel who she met on Facebook in 2017.
According to Eliab, Mabel had during the period of their courtship arranged for him to come over from his base in Italy to live with her and her three children in Austria, to stop the Austrian authorities from taking over her children.
The content creator claimed that after their marriage in 2018, Mabel, who had separated from her former partner started exploiting him as he was not having the necessary immigration documents.
He said when he resisted her, she tried to eliminate him.
He further claimed that even while he returned to Nigeria for his safety after he learnt Mabel had finalized arrangements to use the Austrian government against him, she was still sending these unknown persons after him hence the petition to the Nigerian police.
"I am a content creator married to one Mabel Osifo who is based in Austria we were legally married in 2022 in Austria but I deported myself to Nigeria in May 2024 because she was trying to alleged me of the offence I did not commit. Ever since I arrived in Nigeria she has been threatening me and equally posting my Dad pictures on social media, and wrote RIP to my mum pictures and my dad tagging all my family members with different negative names.
"For the past three months i have been getting death threats from unknown gunmen. Yesterday being 23-7-2025 at about 11pm at my house at Onosa, unknown number called me that I should come outside that they are soldiers and they come from Ikeja cantonment. They refused to tell me who sent them and their mission in my house. I got scared and in the process my laptop got broken", Eliab stated in the petition sighted by BENDEL Mirror
He appealed to the Austrian government and the Nigerian police to swiftly investigate his petition with a view to bringing the culprits to book, as the threats have continued unabated.
Though, the Nigerian Police Force has acknowledged receipt of the petition but has not released an official statement on the matter, sources indicated that investigations are underway to ascertain the credibility of the allegations and ensure the safety of all parties involved.
Meanwhile, in a viral social media video available to this online newspaper, Mabel was apparently threatening her husband, Eliab.
She was heard saying in pidgin English, "i know say Nigeria police corrupt. I dey there; i go pay money for you to be locked up".
This case underscores the growing visibility of domestic disputes involving media influencers as well as public figures in Nigeria, raising questions about privacy, safety, and the role of social media in amplifying such issues.
The petition, dated July 24, 2025, followed series of disturbing claims made by the Austria-based content creator, who alleged that unknown persons have been calling him on the phone in the guise of settling the dispute between him and his wife.
Eliab told the police that the unending calls in the wake of their domestic dispute has caused him fear of being attacked by the unknown persons allegedly being sent by Mabel who she met on Facebook in 2017.
According to Eliab, Mabel had during the period of their courtship arranged for him to come over from his base in Italy to live with her and her three children in Austria, to stop the Austrian authorities from taking over her children.
The content creator claimed that after their marriage in 2018, Mabel, who had separated from her former partner started exploiting him as he was not having the necessary immigration documents.
He said when he resisted her, she tried to eliminate him.
He further claimed that even while he returned to Nigeria for his safety after he learnt Mabel had finalized arrangements to use the Austrian government against him, she was still sending these unknown persons after him hence the petition to the Nigerian police.
"I am a content creator married to one Mabel Osifo who is based in Austria we were legally married in 2022 in Austria but I deported myself to Nigeria in May 2024 because she was trying to alleged me of the offence I did not commit. Ever since I arrived in Nigeria she has been threatening me and equally posting my Dad pictures on social media, and wrote RIP to my mum pictures and my dad tagging all my family members with different negative names.
"For the past three months i have been getting death threats from unknown gunmen. Yesterday being 23-7-2025 at about 11pm at my house at Onosa, unknown number called me that I should come outside that they are soldiers and they come from Ikeja cantonment. They refused to tell me who sent them and their mission in my house. I got scared and in the process my laptop got broken", Eliab stated in the petition sighted by BENDEL Mirror
He appealed to the Austrian government and the Nigerian police to swiftly investigate his petition with a view to bringing the culprits to book, as the threats have continued unabated.
Though, the Nigerian Police Force has acknowledged receipt of the petition but has not released an official statement on the matter, sources indicated that investigations are underway to ascertain the credibility of the allegations and ensure the safety of all parties involved.
Meanwhile, in a viral social media video available to this online newspaper, Mabel was apparently threatening her husband, Eliab.
She was heard saying in pidgin English, "i know say Nigeria police corrupt. I dey there; i go pay money for you to be locked up".
This case underscores the growing visibility of domestic disputes involving media influencers as well as public figures in Nigeria, raising questions about privacy, safety, and the role of social media in amplifying such issues.
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