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Nigerian gay rights activist, public speaker, blog writer and HIV/LGBT advocate, Bisi Alimi, has opened up on his battle with Human immune Virus (HIV) as he celebrates his 47th year birthday and 18 years of living with the virus.

According to the rights activist, he realized HIV doesn’t kill, rather it is the stigma, shame, and discrimination that kill those with the virus.

Bisi who shared a post on his verified Instagram page on Wednesday revealed that he contracted the virus when he was 29 years old.

He said “Eighteen years ago, at the National AIDS conference in Abuja and with nudging from friends, I walked into a testing booth for the first time.