Content creator Asherkine has claimed that University of Lagos officials stopped him from filming on campus without permission in an incident that has drawn attention to the institution’s policy on unauthorized video shoots by social media influencers.
Asherkine, an influencer, alleged that campus officials intercepted him during what he described as a filming session on the UNILAG campus, located in Lagos, Nigeria. He shared his account of the incident in a video posted to his audience.
According to the content creator, the situation escalated after officials became aware of his filming activities on campus grounds. He alleged the encounter was not brief but involved being taken to a specific administrative unit within the university.
Asherkine alleged that officials directed him to the Student Affairs office following the discovery of his unauthorized filming on campus. He stated that the process did not end there and that further action was taken against him by university personnel.
The influencer alleged that security officials subsequently escorted him from the filming shoot. He captured and shared the experience in a video, which he released to his online following as a record of what he said occurred during the campus visit to the University of Lagos.
Reacting to the incident, Asherkine stated, “That’s why I don’t come here,” a remark that reflected his position on the experience at the University of Lagos campus following the intervention by officials.
The incident raises questions about access for content creators to public university campuses in Nigeria, where institutions have established formal procedures governing filming and video production on their premises without prior authorization from management.
Asherkine shared the video account of the experience, describing how he was stopped, taken to the Student Affairs office, and later escorted by security. He did not indicate in the shared account whether he had attempted to obtain any prior approval before arriving to film on campus.
The content creator did not state in the video what specific content he intended to produce during the campus visit, nor did he disclose whether the session was intended for any commercial or editorial purpose on any particular platform or channel.
UNILAG officials have not issued a public statement in direct response to Asherkine’s allegations about the specific incident he described in his video. The university’s position on Asherkine’s account, as of Thursday, had not been publicly confirmed or denied through any official channel.
The influencer’s account, as shared in the video, centered on three stages: the initial stop by officials, the referral to the Student Affairs office, and the escort by security personnel. He did not name any individual official involved in the process he described.
Asherkine’s remark, “That’s why I don’t come here,” served as the framing for the video he shared publicly. The statement suggested a prior familiarity or history with the university campus, though he did not elaborate on the nature or frequency of previous visits to UNILAG.
The incident, as alleged by Asherkine, placed the student affairs office at the center of the university’s response to his filming activities. It was that office, he alleged, where officials brought him before security personnel took over and escorted him from the situation.
University campuses in Nigeria have increasingly become locations for content creation by social media influencers and online video producers, a trend that has prompted several institutions to tighten controls over who can film on their premises and under what conditions such activity may be permitted.
Asherkine’s video account of the UNILAG filming incident and the claim that officials stopped him, referred him to Student Affairs, and had security escort him continued to circulate online as of Thursday, drawing reactions from followers and observers tracking developments around the content creator.
