Busted! LIB Uncovers the Identity of the Owner of Instalog9ja

Nigeria’s foremost Instagram blog, Instablog9a, has over the years, made its mark by uncovering news stories, with what fans calls ‘epic captions’.

More than anything, they have thrived on anonymity, as the identity of the brain behind it was unknown.

Luck however, couldn’t have shined upon it’s owner for so long, with the likes of Linda Ikeji around the corner.

In a recent exclusive, LIB has revealed whom the person behind the blog is. According to them, the owner’s name is John Aboyomi Aruleba. He is the online editor for Punch and Vanguard newspaper.

Linda Ikeji’s report on the owner of Instablog9ja below;

Popular instagram blog, Instablog9ja broke into the media scene in 2015 alongside many other blogs but is widely considered the most successful news blog on instagram.

For years, many have wondered who the mystery person behind the instagram blog was, with so many names thrown around…and none, until now, has been right. Being anonymous was obviously important to the creator of instablog but we think it’s time everyone knows the man behind the IG blog.

The owner of instablog9ja is John Abayomi, a former online editor of Vanguard news and current online editor of Punch. He is also a Social media strategist, creative content developer, documentary producer and SEO expert.

John is a 2002 graduate of University of Agriculture and has a Master’s Degree in New Media & Society, Communication and Media Studies from University of Leicester UK in 2014. He also holds an international Broadcast Presentation certificate and Broadcast Journalism from Radio Nigeria training school, Lagos.

His experience in news editing, his degree in new media and communication and his training in broadcast journalism is what has pushed his platform instablog9ja into the success it is today and we think it’s time for John Abayomi Aruleba to take the stage and take a bow.

Oh, and for everyone who desperately wanted to know who Instablo9ja owner was….you’re welcome! *wink*

Instablog confirms LIB’s story.

The Instagram blog has however, made a post on their Instagram page to confirm Linda’s story.

Their post below;