A convicted murderer sentenced to death for the ritual killing of a university student has allegedly been living a double life behind bars—hosting TikTok livestreams, receiving cash gifts, placing sports bets and even claiming inmates run businesses from inside prison, PREMIUM TIMES has reported.
According to the newspaper, Elijah Oyebode was sentenced to death by hanging in 2019 after an Osun State High Court found him guilty of murdering Rofiat Adebisi, a final-year student of Osun State University, in 2016.
Despite being on death row, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Oyebode allegedly operated at least two TikTok accounts, regularly joined livestreams watched by thousands, received monetary gifts from supporters and built a sizeable online following.
The report said one of his accounts reached TikTok’s Level 20 gifting status, indicating significant financial transactions, while another account allegedly impersonated popular TikTok activist Omolola Awoyele before she exposed him.
Awoyele told PREMIUM TIMES she initially believed Oyebode’s claims of innocence and even sought legal help for his appeal. But after obtaining court documents, she confronted him, and he allegedly admitted his role in the murder, prompting his lawyer to withdraw from the case.
During one livestream monitored by PREMIUM TIMES, Oyebode allegedly claimed many inmates at Ibara Custodial Centre possess multiple smartphones and internet access.
According to the report he further alleged that corrupt prison officials smuggle phones and drugs into the facility, seize phones to extort inmates, and even escort some condemned prisoners outside prison to supervise hotels and other businesses before returning them to their cells.
He reportedly claimed to earn money online through donations and sports betting while serving his death sentence.
The publication said the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), in its response to the revelations, admitted that “bad eggs” may exist among its personnel but insisted the agency operates a zero-tolerance policy against corruption.
However the agency’s explanation still leaves major questions unanswered—particularly how a death-row inmate allegedly managed to operate multiple social media accounts, host livestreams, receive online payments, place sports bets and remain digitally active for years from inside a maximum-security prison
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