Peller Finally Dobale for OAU Students After Refusal & Persuasions

Peller finally prostrated for students at Obafemi Awolowo University on March 21, 2026, ending a brief but viral campus standoff. Fresh clips from the amphitheatre show the TikToker and streamer Habeeb Hamzat Adelaja first refusing the OAU dobale tradition, citing his back as an excuse and sparking immediate student backlash.

The crowd pushed back with chants and pleas, at times led by figures who had hyped earlier sessions, possibly including the Director of Social Services. What followed was a charged, often playful debate on tradition: some students defended the dobale as a customary show of humility and respect for the Great Ife spirit, a ritual artists such as Asake have honored, while others called the demand degrading.

After repeated persuasions and lighthearted disagreements, Peller relented. Video shows him performing the prostration amid laughter, applause, and shouts of "O dọ̀bálẹ̀!" The moment was framed online as wholesome chaos, with viewers calling it a win for humility or simply hilarious entertainment.

The incident fits into a broader arc of Peller's campus tour, which has included a lecture on 24-hour movement freedom, an Aluta Square visit, and earlier friction related to comments about other campuses and a recent Oba of Benin palace episode. Clips from OAU exploded across X and TikTok within hours, collecting thousands of views and reactions such as "Peller finally bent" and "OAU no dey play with dobale."

For many viewers the episode captured peak Nigerian campus culture: a collision between longstanding tradition and celebrity stubbornness, played out with the chaotic energy that has come to define Peller's public persona.