Move to dispel phone hang-up
A text message has spread across the oil-rich country in recent days, warning that people will die if they answer mobile phone calls from 09141. The widespread fear forced the Nigerian Communications Commission to issue a statement saying it is “unimaginable that somebody will die while receiving a call”.
Commission spokesman Reuben Muoka said: “It is only very gullible people that will believe such a rumour”.
Text message panics in this nation of 155 million have included rumours that acid rain from dust storms can burn people alive.