Claim: Reports that a man was arrested for injecting Cadbury or Pepsi products with his own HIV-infected blood have tenaciously permeated social media for several years. The reports are false. The man in the photo is Sadiq Ogwuche, arrested in 2014 for his role in organizing a bombing in Nigeria earlier that year and has no connection to Cadbury or Pepsi. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  and the Public Health Agency of Canada also confirmed that HIV cannot be transmitted via food or beverages.
Fact-check: No, Cadbury and Pepsi products were not infected with HIV
Verdict: no, cadbury and pepsi products were not infected with hiv
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09