Linda Ikeji claimed that it’s a love gone sour affair that led to the whole
saga.
She
shared screen grabs of a chat she had with someone named Aye Dee – who
allegedly brought down the blog.
In her
story, she reveals he is her close confidante whom she had begun to neglect and
out of a personal grudge – for not responding to his emails and messages – he
decided to teach her a lesson by taking down the blog.
Below is a summary of her EPIC
love story with Mr Aye Dee:
“In 2009 or 2010, a guy named Alex who
used to run 1976AD blog contacted me. He said he was impressed with my work and
wanted to encourage me to never relent. Alex Info 1976AD (how I knew him back
then) and I became very good friends online. In fact he was my confidant. Every
time I had questions or challenges, I would reach out to him.
By 2011, Alex 1976AD and I became quite
close…online. We even exchanged numbers and spoke a few times. He always
reminded me how proud of me he was. He told me I would one day become a
phenomenon. I wasn’t number one at the time but he told me that I would one day
be the biggest news site in Nigeria…that he believed in me that much. He was my
friend, my supporter; he sent me news to post on my blog. He wanted me to
succeed. He told me things to do to get more readers. He knew a lot about the
internet and how it works so I always went to him for advice. He was my anchor.
In 2011, Alex 1976AD made me his blog’s Person
of the Year 2011. I shared that post excitedly on my blog. He said I was the
most deserving Nigerian for the award that year…and he wrote the most beautiful
article about me. He was so proud of me…and never hesitated to tell me. I was
grateful. I was happy to have him as a friend…even though we’d never met.
Then we stopped talking. I sincerely can’t
remember when exactly. I know that Alex 1976AD tried to reach out to me mid
last year…but I can’t remember if I responded. If I didn’t, it was an
oversight. I’m really bad at replying mails because I get so many and I’m always
busy blogging…but anyway.
On Wednesday around 2.07pm…my long lost friend
Alex Info 1976AD contacted me via gmail chat. I was so happy when I saw his
name pop up. I was like yay…Alex 1976AD! He would know what I should do in this
situation. I thought he was reaching to me after all this while because he’d
seen all the craziness going on and wanted to lend support…but what he said to
me next shocked me to my bone marrow. He said ‘I hope u’re sitting down’.
Thankfully I was because I would have literally fallen if I hadn’t been sitting.
You see, my good friend and biggest supporter
Alex 1976AD told me he was Mr Aye Dee. The same guy who started this. The guy
that got Google to shut down my blog. It wasn’t about plagiarism or copyright
infringement…it was about a scorned former friend. It was about love turning to
hate because he felt I’d abandoned him after I became big.… The last time he
tried to contact me was on July 12th 2013…before reaching out again on
Wednesday…” she narrated.
Mr Aye
Dee has released a series of tweets in rebuttal, insisting that Linda stole his
copyrighted materials, and when she wouldn’t respond to his efforts to contact
her, he took the appropriate action.
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