TikTok influencer Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has responded to the backlash from Nigerians following his criticism of the viral 30-days rant challenge.

During a livestream, Peller condemned Nigerians for participating in the viral 30-day rant challenge.

According to the Tik Tok star, he was concerned about the challenge potentially leading to the government banning the video-sharing platform in the country. He urged them to use other means to express their concerns.

He said, “If you want to really rant, go to Instagram; go to the market; don’t rant here on TikTok. If they ban TikTok, that’s where we will have an issue."

This angered social media users as they began, leading them to unfollow his pages. Peller revealed that he had lost almost 500,000 followers on TikTok and 400,000 on Instagram.

Expressing his stance, the internet sensation pointed out that he was not the problem of Nigerians.

He emphasised that Tinubu was the head of the state and he was a nobody in the grand scheme of things.

He appealed to netizens to allow for peace and not misunderstand his remarks.

"I’m not only concerned about my mouth, there are a lot of youth TikTok has changed their live, we should focus more on the government instead of facing me," he noted.