TIKTOKER DENIES FILMING OLOOLU MASQUERADE

“I am not dead. I did not capture the Oloolu masquerade. May I not be implicated; I did not record Oloolu,” she said.

She explained that on the day of the incident last Thursday, around the Oremeji axis, she went to her shop but did not open it, remaining outside because the area had already been packed up. She said she saw people and an Amotekun vehicle passing, filmed that scene and posted it online. Oloolu, she maintained, did not pass along that route.

“Everyone in the TikTok comment section asked me to delete it. The following day, while I was at the shop, they came to meet me there. I do not know why the eyewitnesses on Thursday did not defend me. I don’t know who came up with that agenda, but I know God will judge,” she added.

Earlier reports indicated the content creator had allegedly narrowly escaped death after filming a procession linked to the festival. The incident triggered intense online reactions after videos emerged showing her undergoing traditional cleansing rites at the Oloolu compound.

Chief Adeola Oloko, spokesperson to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, clarified that the woman did not record the sacred Oloolu masquerade itself. She had instead mistakenly captured Alawo Oloolu, a figure associated with the tradition.

“She did not capture Oloolu; she mistook it for Alawo. We contacted the Mogaji of the Oloolu compound, and he confirmed that a woman who mistook Alawo of Oloolu for the real Oloolu masquerade captured it on the street,” Oloko said.