Nigerian-born US professor Uju Anya, who wished the late Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating pain” in her final moments, said on Tuesday that she is still gay.
The linguistics teacher stated this on Twitter while acknowledging the love she got from Twitter users in Nigeria following the lifting of the suspension placed on her handle by the microblogging site.
“+234 Twitter, good morning. I give you special thanks for riding hardest for me.
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“My Nigerian people, especially in and from Alaigbo, saw how much I love you and showed me love back.
“Together we shared our pain and taught the world our history. Thank you. P.S. I am still a gay,” she wrote.
Quest Times had earlier reported that Professor Anya took to her Twitter page to mock Queen Elizabeth II as the latter’s health was reported to be critical last Thursday.
“I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating,” she tweeted.
Following another tweet by Anya after the Queen’s death had been announced, where she said, “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star,” she got backing from a lot of people, mostly Nigerians.
Her tweet attracted a lot of reactions from around the world including that of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, who berated her with a quote tweet saying, “This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don’t think so. Wow.”
The tweet by Anya was eventually deleted by Twitter for violating their rules.