Our Media reports that Opay, a popular fintech company, has experienced an outage for over an hour, preventing Nigerians from sending money through its app on Monday evening.
Concerned Nigerians have taken to various social media platforms to express their apprehensions amid the prolonged downtime of Opay, highlighting the impact on their ability to use the service.
A social media user, @iamvinicius_snr, said: “If opay crashes the amount of small businesses that would crash with it would be crazy.”
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Another user, @cajal_ebuara: “Please oh I made a transfer of 80k from my Opay and I haven’t gotten the money in my other account and the most scary thing is that it’s not showing in my transactions!”
Another user @8jagistplug tweeted: “I no understand weytin Opay Dey do this night make I just sleep wake up first. Abeg make nothing happen to my 1.5 Billion”
However, Opay, through its app, has clarified that it is currently undergoing maintenance, assuring users that all services will be restored shortly. The statement reads: “Dear user. The system is currently under maintenance and all services will be restored soon. Please bear with us.”