Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Nigerians react to report that IT student got arrested by the Police after he cleared MTN users debts.
Taking to social media, a social media tabloid, Akpraise, spread the fake and irresponsible news.
Akpraise wrote: “Report reaching us state that the IT student who allegedly cleared all MTN users debt has reportedly been arrested.”
Subscribers who had taken airtime or data loans from MTN may have to pay back the debt on their accounts as the initial debt cancellation was due to an error on MTN system, LEADERSHIP has learnt.
This is even as subscribers, who believed the telecom operator deliberately cancelled their debts, have gone to social media to jubilate and appreciate the telecom company.
For instance, a subscriber named Ada, wrote on her WhatsApp status, saying, “Debt has been paid. MTN debtors Check your account, MTN don clear una gbese.”
Meanwhile, a response from,an official of MTN, revealed that subscribers will still have to pay for their debts, adding that, “Users would still be responsible for paying the ostensibly cleared bills even after MTN fixes the problem that caused the debts to vanish from their accounts.”