OPAY Under Investigations By Nigerian Govt After Complaints Of Hijacked Accounts, Phone Numbers

OPay will be investigated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on claims made by Nigerians regarding illegal accounts.

This was said by Babatunde Irukera, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in response to Nigerians’ claims on Twitter that OPay was opening their illegitimate accounts.

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Responding to these concerns, Irukera, tweeted, “OPAY is inbound to @fccpcnigeria to address and explain this and other anomalies consumers have identified in the last few days. An update will be forthcoming.”

Earlier, while responding to another tweet, the FCCPC CEO said, “OPay has been asked to come in and explain what has been a few days of anomalies.”

Reacting to these allegations in confirmed reports, OPay’s company’s Head of Marketing, Kunle Adeyemi, highlighted that some of the affected individuals might have interacted with OPay in the past.

He said, “We saw these tweets yesterday and internally we are currently reviewing what transpired as we ensure that all wallet holders are adequately registered. Some people might have had interactions with the platform at one point or the other, it’s important that I get feedback internally based on our investigation before we respond.”