A Nigerian man has shared his experience with late Nollywood actor Alex Ekubo, claiming the actor blocked him on Instagram in 2021 after he offered him advice.
He made the revelation while reacting to the actor’s heartbreaking death in 2026.
Alexx Ekubo passed away on May 11, 2026, at Evercare Hospital in Lagos following complications from advanced metastatic kidney cancer.
How the Instagram Block Happened
The man, identified as Honour Oriretan, said the issue started when he advised the actor online about his relationship at the time.
According to him, his comment did not go down well with the actor, leading to an immediate block.
He wrote: “Yes,Alex Ekubo BL0CKED me on Instagram around January,2021 barely 5yrs ago when I advised him to stop flaunting his then fiancee up & down 0nline to avoid crashingg his planned marriage,wedding. The show-off was aggress!vely too frequent & unw!se as at the time probably to pepeli m0ckers or so which I saw as unw!se that made me to dr0p the advise under his c0mment secti0n on I.G l. He found it 0ffensive,like he saw me as hat£r & bl0cked the heII outta me on IG…”
He added that the actor saw the comment as offensive and reacted by blocking him.
Concern Years Later
The man also said that years after the incident, he noticed the actor had become inactive on social media and was no longer appearing in movies.
“…Despite this aggress!ve bl0cking,I still cried out,asking his where abt on March-5th,2026 when I felt something unusual around me regarding him after he went silent totally frm intern£t,not seen again in movies,nothing abt him was heard,seen for yrs only to read abt his d£ath on 11th May, same 2026 being 2-months after that my outcry p0st which is so unw!se, more unw!se &unw!sely most unw!se. “My advice are frm indepth w!sdom based on things seen ahead,prior. Jst y’all know. “R.I.P ALEX EKUBO. D£ath is really w!cked,” he stated.
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