Police Arrest MTN Hacker Who Cleared Subscribers' Debt? Facts You Should Know
- The report that hackers of the MTN website who cleared the debt of subscribers on the telecom network was false
- A Facebook user, Update King, had shared a picture of 23-year-old Jeffery Okafor, who was arrested and tried in London for a murder case as an IT student who hacked the MTN website
- Update King's post was not backed up with any credible report, while MTN acknowledged the situation and attributed it to an unexpected glitch
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Users of the Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) service provider had in November 2023 celebrated the cancellation of their debt on the network's package called XtraTime. XtraTime is an MTN package that allows users to borrow airtime when they need to make calls,
A Facebook user, Update King, on Sunday, December 10, claimed that the police had arrested an Industrial Training (IT) student who allegedly cleared the debt of the MTN network subscribers.
Source: Twitter
His post reads:
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“The IT student who cleared all MTN users’ debt last month has been arrested.”
The Facebook user attached the post with a photo of a man in his twenties being held by two police officers.
As this report was written, the post has generated 160 shares, 86 comments, and 161 likes on Facebook.
No IT student was arrested for hacking the MTN website and clearing subscribers' debt
However, a search on Google indicated that there was no reliable report about the report of the arrest.
However, on Monday, December 11, MTN acknowledged the situation and attributed it to a system error.
According to the network provider, the development was caused by an "unexpected glitch" while stating that the debt of its subscribers remained valid.
Also, an analysis of the picture using Google Reverse Image indicated that the photo posted by the Facebook user was used in a story by Premium Times on November 8, 2014.
The medium had reported that 23-year-old Jeffery Okafor was arrested in Asaba, the Delta state capital, for the murder of a teenage university student, and his trial had begun in London.
Tinubu's aide clarifies NIBSS policy alleging delisting of Opay, Palmpay, and others
In another development, Legit.ng reported that President Bola Tinubu's media aide, Dada Olusegun, clarified the report that the NIBSS planned to delist Opay, Palmpay, Moniepoint, Kuda and other neo banks from operations.
The presidential aide said the report was fake and called on the public to seek clarification of government policies to avoid killing businesses.
The NIBSS had earlier issued directives for deposit money banks to place a “Post No Debit" on any account without BVN and NIN, a directive some considered would affect money transfer banks.
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