Internet on fire over Ezra Olubi’s resurfaced HIV, hepatitis B confession

Suspended Paystack co-founder, Ezra Olubi, has again come under public scrutiny after an old post from his X (formerly Twitter) account resurfaced online, in which he revealed he had been diagnosed with HIV and Hepatitis B.

The resurfaced tweet, shared several years ago, read:

“Last time I felt this way and went to the hospital for a general checkup, I was diagnosed as both HIV+ and with Hepatitis B.”

Olubi has been at the centre of controversy in recent days after Paystack placed him on suspension following public outrage over a collection of historical tweets attributed to him.

The posts, dated between 2009 and 2013, contained sexually inappropriate comments, including references allegedly involving minors and sexualized depictions of anime characters.