Olukemi Omololu-Olunloyo (born 6 August 1964) is a

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, blogger, and activist against gun violence, and a

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. She is well known within the Nigerian online community, especially for making highly disputed and controversial claims about subjects with high emotional stakes, such as the End SARS protests in 2020 and the death of a private school student from Lagos.

Background

Omololu-Olunloyo is the daughter of former Oyo State governor

Victor Omololu Olunloyo Victor Omololu Olunloyo (born 14 April 1935) is a mathematician who became governor of Oyo State in Nigeria in October 1983, holding the office briefly until the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari took power in December 1983. He later became a p ...

and the second of ten children. She lived for 14 years in Nigeria, 20 years in the United States, and five years in Canada before returning to Nigeria.

Career

Omololu-Olunloyo has appeared as a guest discussing terrorism and health topics on

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, Ruptly,

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BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...

and

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. She also worked briefly as a music journalist with the ''

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Community and social activism

While in Canada, Omololu-Olunloyo was active against gun violence. In 2014 she released the names and photographs of men who solicited sex or exposed themselves on social media. In 2014, she was among the top three nominees of the Social Media Awards Africa's Social Media Influencer of the Year.

Deportation from Canada

In August 2012, Omololu-Olunloyo was arrested in her apartment in Toronto by agents from the

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. After being determined a flight risk when her refugee visa was not renewed, she was remanded into custody at the

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for seven days before she was deported to Nigeria.

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