On November 13, 2012, 27-year-old student of the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Gladys Ebube Essien-Garricks was announced winner of the MTN Ultimate Wonder “Win An Aeroplane” Promo!

Ebube, who is a 300-level student of Radiography disclosed that she had never dreamt of owning so much money in her lifetime.

She comes from a modest family background of eight children, where she is the seventh.

She told Punch in a recent interview that she could not remember taking part in the lottery.

“I was surprised when I was called by a family friend that I had won because I thought it was not real. Before then, I had never played any game concerning MTN.

Ironically my SIM card was blocked at the time. I had a code on my phone which I forgot and in the process of trying to decode it, my line was blocked.
“When he told me, I just told him to forget about it that it was the handiwork of 419 people. But later a lady called me from MTN to confirm it. I then asked her to unblock my line to convince me. She did so and it was at that point that I realised my fortune.

“I have never fainted in my life before, so when they called the amount I did not faint.

I just became thirsty, I kept asking for water and I kept smiling, again and again. I thought I was dreaming but with the kind of people I have been shaking hands with, people hugging me, asking to take photographs with me, I think it’s an act of God. I can imagine how many numbers they played and mine was singled out, just like that,” she said.

Speaking on why she opted for cash equivalent instead of the airplane, she asked, ” If I took the plane, where would I park it?

I just told them it was the cash I really wanted and nothing else. I was not persuaded to take cash. If it is something I worked for, I would argue but I never laboured for it. They said either the plane or the cash equivalent and I chose the cash.”

Ebube is not in a hurry to spend the money. She will let it ‘breathe some fresh air in the bank’ while she completes her education, she says. She now wants to be an “employer of labour” and would use the money to give her aging parents and siblings a ‘new life’. “God just wants to use me to bless the family so everybody has a share in it,” she said.

She says she is single and when she is ready for marriage, she would not go for anyone who is interested in her money.

“I know what love is,” she notes. “People are calling to ask my parents if I am married, some others are giving them promises. Even on the internet, I don’t have a Facebook account but someone has opened one in my name. If anyone is coming because of my money, I promise the person that he will not get a dime because I will make sure he doesn’t

http://www.lailaikeji.com/2012/11/mtn-aeroplane-winner-ebube-gladys-tells.html

Shut up useless mtn peeps... This girl should be brought to a national t v to speak, secondly na man call you no be woman.... As you claim say na woamn call you ewu awusa

How much is this money self wey people they make noise about.. I expected better from MTN..

You want to keep the money in the bank, i laugh in polish lingi.. Kidnappers r closer to you than you think,... U berra commot Naija 4 goodness sake

Uhmmm,,, Ebube

something smells fishy here.

Sheey MTn nevA taya t0 dey L!E t0 us ?

wonder shall never end, MTN is stil and still fighting hard to make us believe there *abrakatabra*
Well, I have gotten her data, am heading to Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology,now!!!

MTN Should jst stop this scam! How comes sombody dat has a blocked sim receive calls? Cook n bull story season 1

MTN U T0O DEY L!E L!E L!E


Y0ur 2 + 2 IZ EQUALS T0 9.

She's in niger delta, so she better watch out for kidnappers. If I was her, I would jeje go and get investor visa for a class A foreign country and put it on standby as plan B. You always need a plan B for this country.

Super1759: wonder shall never end, MTN is stil and still fighting hard to make us believe there *abrakatabra*
Well, I have gotten her data, am heading to Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology,now!!!

B0sS, br!ng back rep0rts 0oh

She told Punch in a recent interview that she could not remember taking part in the lottery.

Ironically my SIM card was blocked at the time. I had a code on my phone which I forgot and in the process of trying to decode it, my line was blocked.
“When he told me, I just told him to forget about it that it was the handiwork of 419 people. But later a lady called me from MTN to confirm it. I then asked her to unblock my line to convince me. She did so and it was at that point that I realised my fortune.

Who are you deceiving?
The girl is not even yet married yet her name and surname were drawn from all over the country and beyond

na wa oo i tot it was a man d@ called her 1st nt a woman ... Hw come she is saying a woman called her frm customer care. D whole story is jst contradictn... N she said her sim was blocked hw she con tk dey recharge her fone na ? Na wa oo mtn.. D more u c d less u undastand una don try ... Clap 4 una selves

First of all, put "L" for the plane meaning say you be learner...

When you don sabi how to drive fly, park am under flyover with the insciption: "Ikot-Ekpene by Air"

https://www.nairaland.com/1104861/video-call-ebube-essien-garrick

Na man abi woman call you? Which one we go believe na? MTN is just synonymous with SCAM.

How and with whose sim did mtn kal her from since her main sim was blocked

Well, na them sabi.

really happy you Ebube.imagine thousands already making marriage proposal.

I stil doubt d reality of dis whole thing til 2day. Bt if actually it's true, then ...........? Howeva, u wil wonder y politicians dont giv a damn abt others rather dan thier family members once they step on power. Ebube said EXCLUSIVELY dat she wil b using d money on HER FAMILY MEMBERS and no damn 4 any oda person be it neighbour or whosoeva.

Ebube Essien-Garricks

Who re dose [s][gold/s] bronze diggers husband, come 4 ordinary 64millon naira

Shame on 9ja men if dis is true

hahaha,i hope say her pastor don remind her to bring tithe money.

The truth of this matter shall unveil so soon....i blieve 150million people re not so daft and stupid. i laugh in empty hen style.....Ti eniti won parofun koba mo eniti o paro mo lokanre......yellowish lies.

Dr. Wise:
https://www.nairaland.com/1104861/video-call-ebube-essien-garrick

Na man abi woman call you? Which one we go believe na? MTN is just synonymous with SCAM.

Exactly.

BTW, Read the bolded part below

Laila Ikeji:
“I was surprised when I was called by a family friend that I had won because I thought it was not real. Before then, I had never played any game concerning MTN.

Ironically my SIM card was blocked at the time. I had a code on my phone which I forgot and in the process of trying to decode it, my line was blocked.
“When he told me, I just told him to forget about it that it was the handiwork of 419 people. But later a lady called me from MTN to confirm it. I then asked her to unblock my line to convince me. She did so and it was at that point that I realised my fortune.

Now, which line was blocked and which line did she receive the call on?

WTF is going on in this country? What's the NCC doing about all of this? and the lottery commision?

i wonder why people are so stupid...so if this idiot hadn't won she doesnt think she can own 64m...people dont tink

she is my ex gf am going back 2 her

@ Yuzedo, i think dat's why she's up 2 27 and yet no marriage or even a man on ground. She must be indefinitely ugly beyond want. NOTE: is she a ghost? I mean dat post carried no inscribtion of her village, l.g. Of origin and state. Wher is she frm wit such mixture of tribal names. Am sure this is a scam of d highest order frm mtn-QED.

ja lo sha lala lala lo
nati nati bon bon sha lala lala lo-majek fashej
i cant laff ooo

Nothing but scam! After much pressure from the public MTN must have decided to let a winner emerge so they decided to plan with a relative of a work and ask her to act for a smaller amount not even close to 64million. Probably less than 5million naira.

shame indeed