A n Ibadan-based TikTok user has denied filming the revered Oloolu masquerade and faulted reports claiming she died after the incident went viral. According to a report by 'Vanguard Newspaper', the woman, named Wasilat, addressed the issue on Monday during Lagelu FM’s 'Ibi Aye N Lo' show with host Adesoye Omotosho. “I am alive. I never recorded the Oloolu masquerade. God forbid I’m linked to it. I did not film Oloolu,” she said. She narrated that last Thursday in the Oremeji area, she visited her shop but did not open because the area was already closed. She said she noticed a crowd and an Amotekun vehicle, so she captured the scene and uploaded it. She stressed that the Oloolu masquerade did not use that route. “All the comments on TikTok told me to take it down. By Friday, some people came to my shop,” she stated. “I don’t know where that story came from. Only God will judge.” The video triggered debate online after clips emerged of the creator taking part in cleansi...

A female TikTok user in Ibadan was taken for traditional cleansing after she recorded a procession linked to the annual Oloolu Masquerade Festival. According to a report by Punch Newspaper , videos of the woman performing rites at the Oloolu family compound surfaced online last weekend and drew wide attention. Chief Adeola Oloko, spokesperson for the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, said the woman did not film the Oloolu masquerade itself but Alawo Oloolu, a figure associated with the tradition. He stated that custodians of the compound confirmed she captured the procession on a street in Ibadan. Oloko explained that after the video was posted, the woman’s family noticed she became ill and reached out to the traditional leaders for help. “After she posted it, she felt her blood was drying up. Her family immediately contacted the Oloolu people, and they attended to her according to our customs,” he said.   “Women are not permitted to see Oloolu. We have made that cl...