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Hushpuppi‘s death trends online, Kemi Olunloyo reats
Hushpuppi‘s death trending on Google today Thursday, 24th of February 2022 but some blog sites, suggesting that internet fraudster, Ramon Abass popularly known as Hushpuppi is dead.
According to The Nation on Hushpuppi‘s death, it is clearly stated that “Now he is no more Hushpuppi. He is now Abbas. He buried his real name in a casket of lies and deceit.”
This online news platform understands that Hushpuppi death news emerged on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, after a Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo made a tweet which was misinterpreted to suggest that Hushpuppi who pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to a jail term of 20 years, is dead.
Who is Hushpuppi?
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, commonly known as Hushpuppi, Hush or Ray Hushpuppi was born on October 11, 1982. The 38-year old Nigerian big boy was born and raised in Lagos State, Nigeria. He had his secondary school education at Government College, Ikorodu, Lagos State.
We learnt that Hushpuppi an Instagram sensation, became more famous when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), released detailed documents explaining how Supercop, Abba Kyari was working for Hushpuppi.
According to the documents released by the FBI, it was reported that while investigation was going on, it was discovered that DCP Abba Kyari had a relationship with Hushpuppi which went on till the later was arrested. The documents revealed that while investigation was going on, Hushpuppi reportedly took Kyari on an all expensed paid trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a presidential treatment from the moment he landed at the airport.
There is no report of Hushpuppi’s death, neither did Kemi Olunloyo tweet that Hushpuppi is dead, but the controversial journalist only tweeted: “Your boy is dead oo… They won’t announce yet”, which had since gone viral with some online media platforms quoting the pharmacist to have claimed that Hushpuppi is dead.
This tweet did not mention the name of the boy Kemi claimed was dead and his death was yet to be announced.
Kemi Olunloyo has debunked news in some quarters quoting her to have confirmed that Hushpuppi is dead, calling on her followers to avoid blogs who reported the fake news.
“Kemi Olunloyo did not announce that Hushpuppi is DEAD in the US. Stop spreading #Fakenews. Avoid those blogs,” Olunloyo tweeted 11: 04 pm Nigerian time, Wednesday 23, 2022.