- A Nigerian man named Salisu Ahmed has publicly confessed to contracting HIV after infidelity.
- Ahmed has been living with HIV for 31 years and shared his experiences in an interview with reality star Doyin David.
A Nigerian man named Salisu Ahmed has confessed to getting HIV due to infidelity. He spoke about his 31-year journey with the virus in an interview with reality star Doyin David.
Ahmed highlighted the stigma he encountered, such as being barred from using a shared toilet, losing his teaching job, and being deserted by his wife and children.
“I am Salisu Ahmed, I have been living with this virus for 31 years,” he said.
“The first experiment of going outside my matrimonial home is how it happened. It has been proven that about 85 to 90 percent of people living with HIV contracted this thing through sexual intercourse.
“I was denied the use of the bathroom of the compound, I was not allowed to access the toilet, I was formerly a teacher so I was asked honourably to stop coming to the school.
“She packed everything including the children at home, they left me.”
