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“I can do whatever I like” – Papaya Ex Responds to Accusations of Dating a Married Yahoo Boy

Controversial social media influencer, Raheem Abike, popularly known as Papaya Ex, has shared her own side of the story after she was dragged by Gistlovers for dating a married yahoo boy and hiding under the guise of ‘hard work’.

Papaya Ex, recently became a trending topic after a video made the rounds of her being accosted by an angry woman revealed to be the wife of her bankroller. In the viral clip, the woman holding the camera claimed to have finally caught Papaya with her husband and noted that they were dating even though her man continued to deny it. 

The video started making the rounds after Gistlovers revealed that Papaya Ex is currently being bankrolled by the most wanted fraudster on EFCC’s list. The married young man is reportedly so rich and has been paying for Papaya Ex’s extravagant lifestyle.

Gistlovers also disclosed that the young man has been on EFCC’s radar for scamming people on Telegram which is his main source of wealth. In addition to being wanted by EFCC for fraud, the blogger said he was closely monitored and almost arrested by the agency but he escaped, leaving his mansion in Abeokuta to Lagos along with his wife and kid.

Gistlover added that Papaya is one of the reasons, he abandoned his pregnant wife and kids as she successfully tampered with the young man’s head.

In response to all these allegations, Papaya Ev shared a series of posts and in one of them, she accused Gistlover of trying to use her matter to blow their page by posting fake gist to blackmail her. Papaya also denied claims of dating the married man and added that she is not going to kiss up to the blogger and they should go ahead and post whatever they want.


The social media influencer also clearly stated that she can do whatever she wants and a blog cannot dictate to her.

In a subsequent post, Papaya recounted how Gistlover had initially claimed her mother was dating late ex-governor, Ajimobi, then dating the late Alaafin of Oyo among other things. She stated that despite the fact that she does not like to talk about her family, the Alaafin of Oyo is her grandfather and that she grew up in the palace. 

Papaya made it known that her mother, Muti Oyo, is one of the biggest textile vendors in Oyo and so she is surrounded by influential people and has the right connections. Papaya concluded her post by saying that she won’t be bullied into silence by Gistlover.

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