A female TikTok user has undergone traditional cleaning after allegedly filming procession connected to the annual Oloolu Masquerade Festival in Ibadan, Oyo State
Reacting to the development, the spokesperson to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, Chief Adeola Oloko, explained in an interview with Punch Online on Monday that the woman did not record the sacred Oloolu masquerade itself. Instead, he said she captured Alawo Oloolu, a figure associated with the Oloolu tradition.
According to Oloko, traditional authorities at the Oloolu compound confirmed that the woman filmed the procession while it was passing through the Ibadan area.
“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,” he said.
Oloko further claimed that after the video was uploaded online, the woman allegedly began experiencing unusual health complications, prompting her family to seek help from the traditional custodians.
He said:
“After posting it, she realised the blood in her body began to dry. So her family reached out to the Oloolu people immediately, and they attended to her in accordance with the tradition of the land.
We have told people to obey simple instructions; women are not supposed to see Oloolu, but out of curiosity, she disobeyed.”
He, however, noted that he could not confirm reports circulating online that the woman disguised herself as a man before recording the procession.
“I cannot confirm she disguised herself as a man. Those are accounts on social media. But she took the footage or photo on the street,” he added.
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