A young tailor identified as Qawiyu has admitted that he staged and posted a fake bandits att@ck video on social media simply to gain followers on TikTok.
The incident, which reportedly caused panic in Atan, Ogun State, led to his arrest after the video circulated online with claims of bandit activity in the area.
Speaking during interrogation at a police station, the suspect confessed that there was no real att@ck and that he only wanted to chase online popularity.
“I did it because I saw people doing it to gain followers,” he said.
When asked why he specifically mentioned Atan Ota in the video, Qawiyu replied, “People wrote different places. All I needed was to gain followers.”
According to him, the Fulani man seen in the viral clip was not a bandit but a cattle herder who usually passed behind his shop with cows.
“He used to move with his cows in our area, just behind my shop. I told him we should use it to do content. He said he cannot do it, but I insisted. I told my apprentice to do the recording,” he explained.
Qawiyu disclosed that he made one recording on Monday and another on Wednesday, but deleted the second clip after noticing how fast the videos were spreading online.
“The moment I noticed it’s spreading, I deleted the second one,” he stated.
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