Nigerian activist, Bisi Alimi has taken to his Twitter page to reveal that he used to be a homophobic pastor.

He wrote: “Will you believe if I tell you I used to be a very homophobic pastor back in the day. So I have been on that journey.”

When asked why he changed, he explained that a suicide attempt at the age of 17 made him decide to stop hating who he is.

He wrote:

“Thanks to the people that never gave up me and walked the journey me. However, it was a failed suicide attempt at 17 that started my journey to self love.”