Igbere TV reports that co-founder and CEO of IrokoTV Jason Njoku and wife Mary Njoku have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Mr Njoku, a father of three, in a tweet on Wednesday said although he was not feeling well, his wife was.

“My enemies are hard at work in 2020. Mrs Njoku and I tested positive for Covid19. I’m not feeling great but Mary is well.

“Literally no idea how I caught it. But we shall see this pass too,” he wrote.

Njoku on October 26 shared a picture of himself on Twitter receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

He launched IrokoTV in 2011. The web platform dubbed the ‘Netflix’ of Africa provides paid-for Nigerian films on demand.