London's Batman TikTok Mystery: Fans Point to Niko Omilana

A masked figure performing community good deeds across London has amassed 297,000 TikTok followers and more than two million likes since first appearing at the end of September. The caped character's activities include paying for fuel at petrol stations, helping pedestrians cross busy roads and filling in potholes. Speculation about the secret identity has centred on Niko Omilana, a prank video creator and contestant on the first series of The Celebrity Traitors. His reputation rests partly on a 2021 stunt in which he opened a fake store in the city and handed out free smartphones as a comment on what he viewed as excessive technology prices. Omilana posted a TikTok clip showing himself in the middle of New York, which some read as an attempt to disprove the theory. Others disputed that reading: commenters noted the theatre advertisements visible behind him did not match shows currently running in the city, though this remains unverified, and TikTok user @officialroyce1 argued he could have flown to New York and back within a single day to cover his tracks. No evidence currently supports the claim that Omilana is behind the mask. A comparable case earlier this year saw social media users convinced that Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid was actor Timothée Chalamet in disguise, a theory later disproved after going viral. The article was published in October 2026.