TikToker Peller safe, investigation over alleged kidnap ongoing – Police

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that TikTok influencer, Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, is safe despite reports of his alleged abduction during a livestream on Wednesday night.

The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, in an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, said that preliminary checks showed that the content creator was at home and unharmed.

“We are investigating the allegation, but we can confirm that the person in question, Habeeb, popularly known as Peller, is at home safe and sound.

“His vehicle is also intact, all his phones and properties, nothing was missing,” Hundeyin said.

He explained that the police were still reviewing the incident to ascertain whether it was a kidnap, a staged abduction, or a false alarm.

“That is what we are investigating. All his properties were intact, and there was no violence whatsoever,” the police spokesman added.

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The 20-year-old was said to have been whisked away by armed men on his way home while livestreaming on TikTok.

In footage shared widely online, he appeared to mistake the men for security operatives before being taken away.

The social media sensation, who shot to fame in 2021 with his short-form videos and live-streaming on TikTok, has since expanded his brand to livestreaming of shows and events on Twitch.