Multiple online reports ( here , here , here and here ) claim Ghanaian football icon, Michael Essien has lost between 500,000 and a million followers on Twitter , less than 24 hours after declaring support for the LGBTQI+ community in the country.
The former Black Stars midfielder in an Instagram post said: “We see you, we hear you, we support you. Our LGBTQIA plus community in Ghana,” and this has generated a whirlwind of social media buzz, with Michael Essien featuring in the top trends on Twitter in Ghana.