The Digest:
Lagos State University (LASU) has strongly criticized a comedy skit that staged a mock bandit invasion on its campus, labeling the act "insensitive" amid Nigeria's prevailing security challenges. The viral video, created by "Datreez Entertainment TV," depicted actors dressed in jalabiyas and turbans dramatically entering a lecture hall to simulate an attack.
Key Points:
- The skit, titled "Bandits Prank on Lasuites," showed students reacting with fear and confusion, prompting widespread public backlash.
- LASU spokesperson Thomas-Onashile Oluwayemisi stated the university condemns any content that suggests terrorism, banditry, or violent extremism.
- The university clarified that it never authorized the filming and does not endorse pranks that could cause fear or disrupt campus peace.
- In response, the creators insisted the skit was a controlled social experiment for entertainment, with no real weapons and full participant awareness.
- Datreez Entertainment apologized to LASU but maintained the video was never intended to create panic.
- The incident follows a similar move by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in October, which banned unauthorized filming by content creators on campus.
- It highlights growing tensions between creative expression, campus security, and public sensitivity in an era of heightened insecurity.
Sources: LASU, PM News
