Facts to know about IT student allegedly arrested for hacking MTN website and clearing users' debt

  • 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,