A new twist has emerged in the ongoing feud between top Nigerian content creators Carter Efe and Peller, after Carter Efe accused Peller of causing the permanent ban of his TikTok account, which had over 5.6 million followers.
Carter Efe’s TikTok account was permanently suspended on September 9, 2026, with the platform citing multiple violations of its community guidelines.
The takedown marked the second major setback of its kind for the entertainer, whose first significant ban had followed a livestream in which he criticized Wizkid for never publicly acknowledging his breakout hit “Machala.”
Suspicion quickly turned toward Peller after an old clip began circulating widely on X on September 9, showing Peller on his knees, appealing to his fanbase to report and pull down Carter Efe’s page.
In the resurfaced video, Peller accused Carter Efe of not wanting success for others, citing an incident in which he allegedly discouraged a colleague, Kolu, from travelling abroad. The timing of the clip’s reappearance, landing just as Carter Efe’s account vanished, was enough to convince many online observers that Peller had a hand in the ban.
Rather than let the matter play out only online, Carter Efe addressed it directly in an interview with Channels TV in Lagos on Thursday night, accusing Peller of masterminding the account’s downfall.
He went further, issuing a veiled threat to retaliate through an associate close to Peller, a pointed warning that he would not go after Peller personally but rather someone in his inner circle should the accusation prove true.
For his part, Peller neither confirmed nor firmly denied the allegation. In a video shared online on September 10, he acknowledged seeing himself accused of getting the account banned but pivoted to criticizing Carter Efe’s livestream conduct, referencing explicit behavior he claimed the streamer had displayed on air.
He stopped short of debunking the resurfaced clip, dismissively adding that Carter Efe was “a small boy” who should “face his challenges.” That remark alone stirred fresh debate, with reactions online split between those who felt Peller had all but confessed and others who accused Carter Efe’s camp of stretching old footage to manufacture a controversy.
This is far from the first collision between the two streamers. Carter Efe has remained at the center of several online controversies this year, including his public fallout with Peller and fellow creator Jarvis and comments he made about Peller and Jarvis’ wedding.
The pair’s feud has repeatedly spilled into public view, each flare-up drawing large audiences on Nigerian social media.
The TikTok saga adds to what has been a turbulent stretch for the entertainer. Around the same period, Carter Efe’s estate reportedly issued him a quit notice over complaints about noise levels at his residence.
Despite the mounting pressure, Carter Efe appeared largely unbothered in the immediate aftermath of the ban, choosing instead to share a music video on Instagram rather than address the controversy head-on.
Whether TikTok’s decision was driven by mass reporting, Carter Efe’s own conduct on livestreams, or a combination of both remains unconfirmed.
What is clear is that the feud between Carter Efe and Peller, two of the platform’s most talked-about Nigerian personalities, shows no sign of cooling, with fans and commentators continuing to pick sides as the story develops.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Carter Efe lost his 5.6-million-follower TikTok account on September 9, 2026, for violating community guidelines, and has accused fellow streamer Peller of engineering the ban, a claim fueled by a resurfaced clip of Peller urging fans to report Carter Efe’s page.
Peller hasn’t denied it outright, instead deflecting to Carter Efe’s own livestream conduct. The real cause of the ban remains unconfirmed, but the fallout has reignited a rivalry that’s been simmering between the two for months.
