Entrepreneur and Music Executive, Ubi Franklin took to Twitter to share his story of how he almost committed suicide because of cyberbullying.
Ubi Franklin reacting to the viral video of a young man, Izu, reading his suicide note minutes before he killed himself shared how he was in same situation as Izu years ago.
He said that he attempted suicide because of how he bullied on social media but after learning to face his mistakes he now uses his platform to teach and guide people so they won’t make the same mistake.
He wrote,
“I watched this video of IZU reading out his suicide note before he took his life and I remembered doing this several times 3 years ago unsuccessfully and I am here today,
I got bullied so much on Instagram in the last two years that I started getting depressed again and this time I told myself “Ubi” who are these people talking about you? Do you know them or their families?
Everyone has something they are hiding and won’t tell the public but go on social media to bully others of things that they also have done or their parents have or their brothers, sisters, and friends have done.
“Social media is full of controlled narratives, the things that don’t make social media that I know are many. Do married men come on social media to say they have multiple girlfriends? Or do married women come on social media to they have a side guy/guys?”
Ubi Franklin is a music entrepreneur and founder of record label Made Men Music Group (Triple MG).
The Madonna University-trained lawyer, doubles as the Special Adviser to the Cross River state governor on Tourism.
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I got bullied so much on Instagram in the last two years that I started getting depressed again and this time I told myself “ubi” who are these people talking about you? Do you know them or their families?
— Ubi Franklin Ofem (@ubifranklin1) July 29, 2020
Why bother your self with people who contribute nothing to your life? Are you the first to have a failed marriage? Are you the first to have kids from 4 different women? Have your learnt from your past? Then came the big question, How can you do better ?
— Ubi Franklin Ofem (@ubifranklin1) July 29, 2020
Social media is full of controlled narratives, the things that don’t make social media that I know are many.
Do married men come on social media to say they have multiple girl friends? Or do married women come on social media to they have a side guy/guys?— Ubi Franklin Ofem (@ubifranklin1) July 29, 2020
You are not any perfect and you will never be,
When you see people’s struggles on social media and you judge them and then forgetting how horrible you are in your own controlled reality life and how you can’t even feed, how you sleep with married men to make money— Ubi Franklin Ofem (@ubifranklin1) July 29, 2020
or how your parents have stolen from Government to send your to school.
Before you bully or criticize people check yourself first.
Suicide is never an option I am here today because I know there is got to be more.
God Bless you all and remain blessed ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿— Ubi Franklin Ofem (@ubifranklin1) July 29, 2020