Sexual Misconduct Wahala Shake Paystack Co-founder

Paystack, di Nigerian payments company wey Stripe don buy, don suspend im Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Ezra Olubi, after allegation say e do sexual misconduct with one staff. Di koko start for social media on Wednesday after person wey don dey with Olubi before post personal complaint online. Di post make people start dey check disturbing tweets wey Olubi don post between 2009 and 2013, wey get sexually suggestive content wey involve colleagues and minors. Di tweets wey resurface don make public debate start again on accountability, personal conduct, and di wahala wey social media fit cause. Olubi don deactivate im X account.

Some of di tweets cause gbege for people, like one wey talk say, “I judge my female friends by the sound of dia pee make. Thanks to di audio in my bathroom,” and another one talk say, “Save water. Take a bath with your neighbour’s daughter.” One tweet wey Olubi post on May 23, 2011 talk say, “Monday will be more fun with an ‘a’ in it. Touch a coworker today. Inappropriately.” According to TechCabal report on Friday, Paystack don start formal investigation. Di company talk say, “Paystack sabi di allegation wey dey involve our Co-founder, Ezra Olubi. We dey take matter like dis seriously. Effective immediately, Ezra don suspend from all im duty till investigation finish.” Di company add say dem no go dey comment again till investigation complete. Paystack, wey Ezra Olubi and Shola Akinlade found in 2015, na leading fintech wey dey provide payment infrastructure for businesses for Africa. Stripe buy di company for over $200 million in 2020, and Olubi na im help build di tech wey make am scale across Nigeria and beyond.