Egungun reacts after leaked private video sparks controversy

Abdullateef Fowewe

Popular content creator, Kuye Adegoke, well known as Egungun of Lagos, has broken silence following the leak of his private video showing him exposing himself during a video call with an unidentified woman.

Reacting after the video sparked general backlash and mixed reactions online, Egungun posted on his Instagram, seeming unbothered with a dancing video.

Meanwhile, before the video’s release, Egungun’s wife, Pashotah, had publicly addressed a blackmail attempt involving her husband’s private videos.

On his social media on Sunday, she defended their relationship, emphasizing its foundation of trust, loyalty, and understanding built over six to eight years.

In her statement, Pashotah revealed that the blackmailer had approached her instead of Egungun, attempting to shame her.

She wrote, “Hi guys, someone is blackmailing me with my husband’s videos. My name is Pashotah and you all know my husband is, obviously I know so many people have wanted to bring both of us down including guys and girls.

“I always choose to ignore but I’m not ignoring today cuz the blackmailer didn’t go to Egungun of Lagos directly to blackmail him but he came to me instead cos (sic) he has a motive of putting me to shame like he said his messages above but one thing he (blackmailer) doesn’t know is that this relationship between myself and my husband is not just built today, this relationship has been coming for over 6-8 years when we both had nothing. This relationship is built on trust, understanding, loyalty, commitment and so many more. So there is nothing that can bring us down, not even now.”

However, reactions on social media have been mixed, with some defending Egungun and his wife, while others have condemned his actions.

Some netizens believed, has cast aspersions on his wife for her staunch defense of their marriage with some concluding that Egungun’s action is a betrayal of his wife’s trust, others pointed to the possibility of the video being a misinterpretation or an old clip intended to tarnish his image.

A netizen identified as Laviva_bae wrote, “My question is, why will a man do something bad and his wife will be the one defending him on social media. The man no fit defend himself?”

Skinny_mido wrote, “In my opinion, a woman who defends a promiscuous man is no different from a man”