Iteledicon TV Ranked Nigeria’s Second Most Viewed YouTube Channel. This Is About the Writer Behind Its Stories.

When Iteledicon TV was ranked as the second highest viewed YouTube page in Nigeria, the headlines naturally focused on numbers. Views. Reach. Speed. Virality. At Writertain, numbers only become interesting when we trace them back to the people doing the writing.

Owned by Ibrahim Yekini Bakare, popularly known as Itele d’Icon, the channel’s 2025 run has been driven largely by serialized Yoruba stories that travel fast across YouTube. Titles like Koleoso, Law (Ofin), and Phobia (Eru) have drawn massive attention. What connects these works is not just the production house or the actors. It is the writer.

All three projects were written by Akinfolarin Olamide.

This piece is not an aesthetic review of the films. We did not sit down to judge cinematography or acting. It is a documentation of a writer whose name now repeatedly appears in one of Nigeria’s most visible YouTube film ecosystems.

Akinfolarin Olamide, Writer First

Akinfolarin Olamide occupies a slightly unusual position in the current Nigerian film space. She is publicly known as an actress, especially for her role as Efun in Koleoso, yet her writing credits are quietly stacking up across multiple productions.

On Iteledicon TV alone, she is credited as the screenwriter for the following 2025 titles.

• Koleoso
• Law (Ofin)
• Phobia (Eru)

That concentration matters. In an industry where writers are often rotated, uncredited, or buried under production branding, seeing one name repeatedly attached to flagship projects suggests trust and continuity.

What can be stated clearly is this. Iteledicon TV’s most visible 2025 narratives passed through the same writing desk.

Writing and Acting Without Collapsing the Roles

Public conversations around Akinfolarin Olamide often lean heavily on her acting identity. She gained widespread attention playing Efun, the educated daughter of a traditional sorcerer in Koleoso, a role that pulled hundreds of thousands of views within hours of release.

Separating visibility from authorship is important. Her acting success does not automatically explain her writing presence. What matters here is that she is not only performing in stories, she is constructing them.

Beyond Iteledicon TV, she is also credited as a writer on Loving Us, a production by Okiki Bakare. This confirms that her screenwriting work extends outside the channel where she is most recognizable as an actress.

Her Writing Credits Beyond Iteledicon TV

In 2025, Akinfolarin Olamide’s name appears across several productions by different producers, indicating that her writing work is not tied to a single platform.

• Loving Us – Produced by Okiki Bakare
• Itura – Produced by Kiki Bakare and Victoria Adeboye
• Arogunmatidi – Produced by Oluwakemi Apesin
• Owo Ewon – Produced by Oluwakemi Apesin
• Love and Fear (Ife ati Eru) – Produced by Oluwaseun Akinyanju
• Young Couples – Produced by Temitope Iledo
• Real House of Ibadan – Produced by Ariyo Kemisola Apesin

This spread is significant. It suggests a writer whose scripts are circulating among multiple producers within the same year, rather than being confined to a single production ecosystem.

Training and Creative Context

Akinfolarin Olamide is a graduate of the Kemity School of Performing Arts. This places her within a formal training environment that emphasizes performance discipline, storytelling fundamentals, and industry readiness.

She is also publicly associated with Ibrahim Yekini Bakare as a trainee, situating her creative development within the Iteledicon production structure. These contexts matter, not as explanations of style, but as indicators that her career growth is tied to institutions, mentorship, and sustained output.

What the Pattern Reveals

This is not a claim about writing style, thematic depth, or narrative ambition. Making such claims would require direct access to scripts and extended interviews.

What can be observed is a pattern.

• One writer
• Multiple serialized projects
• High-performing YouTube platforms
• Different producers within the same year

In an industry driven by speed and volume, repeated credit is often more revealing than praise.

Why This Matters to Writertain

Writertain documents writers before the industry finishes naming them. Akinfolarin Olamide’s trajectory explains why this work matters.

Conversations around Iteledicon TV often focus on actors, virality, or audience numbers. Very few stop to ask who is consistently writing these stories. Yet once the credits are traced, one name keeps appearing.

This is not a final statement on her career. It is an early record.

As Nigerian YouTube cinema continues to expand, writers like Akinfolarin Olamide will either become footnotes or foundations. Our work is to make sure the foundations are visible while the stories are still unfolding.