DRealGeesam1: My confession and apology

Dear nairalanders and everyone who have heard of the ebola Prevention "News", My name is Adesewa, I am coming out clean because what started has a joke has escalated into the unprecedented.
How it started
Yesterday i was with friend in her hostel, we were talking about this Ebola out break, when one of my friends, Funke (she introduced me to nairaland) brought the idea of Us playing a prank on our friends. The first suggestion was to tell people that aloe very could cure Ebola, but we thought it would sound too ridiculous so we forgot about it.

Later that even an idea came to me (i now regret that i did it).
I decided to send a BBM broadcast message to my friends, telling them that the Ministry of Health has asked everyone to bathe with salt and warm water and drink some of it.
I sent the message 7:08pm yesterday

Later this midnight i started getting calls and messages that i should drink salt water and bath with it.

All efforts to tell people that i was the one who started the joke failed. Only my friends who i mentioned earlier believed me. Even my mum could me this morning, i did not know what to tell her.

I am using this medium to beg you all to warn and tell everyone, before they drink salt and damage their health.

Please dont be hash on me. I know this has gone out of hand. I never knew it will be this serious. Some have even added to the original message i sent.

PenSniper:

Mister, playing pranks on your friends is nothing compared to this. This is taking jokes too far. How do you joke with a deadly virus that snuffs life out of people within a month ? A joke that misleads millions of people, gives them a false hope thus making them drop their guards against caution, is silly. Two capital cities have been totally quarantined, flights banned, victims' corpses abandoned on the streets and about 56 medical personnel who treated patients are themselves dead. THAT IS A GRAVE MATTER THAT NO SANE PERSON will and should joke with. Am rather surprised to see you issue threats to people for telling you the truth. Are you aware, with all your bravado, that you have inadvertently disclosed your contact address ? Are you aware that the government have threatened to arrest anyone who claims to have a cure for Ebola ? Your joke is capable of making our society a laughing stock in the eyes of the international community. This is an indication of how depraved, inhuman and callous our society has become by joking with what has brought tears and sorrow into thousands of families and still counting. In a sane society you would already be cooling your heels behind bars. You need to bury your head in shame.

otemanuduno: Small time now we will start hearing the rumour that the person who started the EBOLA VIRUS RUMOUR is now infected with the EBOLA VIRUS. that one will claim that she is Funke, the best friend of Adesewa who started the rumour. Mtcheeew

martolux: the screen shoot of d messege u sent or....I'm sure op didn't start it..she's only looking for cheap popularity dats what gave birth to this thread....#ignorance is more deadly dan Ebola...with d nos of iPhones, Android, bb users in 9ja and easy access to d Internet, we still fell for dat trash. it simply mean dat we only glanced tru d information early sent concerning Ebola disease..dongote's salt company would record d highest sale ever.

theoctopus: [size=15pt]Mods, please take down this thread. This is a trash thread by an attention seeker. If this is really true, it shouldnt be a thread on NL. It should be a report to the police. What are you guys turning NL into? This is a criminal act and a criminal thread. This will backfire on NL if you people are not careful. This is ridiculous. Someone claims he started a dangerous rumour and is coming back to turn herself into a hero of sorts. This is a complete mockery of Nigerians. If you people dont take this down, we might have to report you to the authorities.

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BANGERLEE1: OGA ADE Easy now shey she kill person ni?? Ha farabale jor if she no come out nko u won't be using salt nd water continuously--perhaps it shows u are an illiterate cos i

f u are not u won't fall for that MSG----

DRealGeesam1:
Yh, as i said, funke was part of the plan. I sent mine 7pm. Funke was determined to beat me to the joke. She sent her's earlier, we are room mates in FUTA jibowu hostel. My room mates can bear me witness.

theoctopus: [size=15pt]Mods, please take down this thread. This is a trash thread by an attention seeker. If this is really true, it shouldnt be a thread on NL. It should be a report to the police. What are you guys turning NL into? This is a criminal act and a criminal thread. This will backfire on NL if you people are not careful. This is ridiculous. Someone claims she started a dangerous rumour and is coming back to turn herself into a hero of sorts. This is a complete mockery of Nigerians. If you people dont take this down, we might have to report you to the authorities.

Take it down![/size]

BANGERLEE1: OGA ADE Easy now shey she kill person ni?? Ha farabale jor if she no come out nko u won't be using salt nd water continuously--perhaps it shows u are an illiterate cos if u are not u won't fall for that MSG----

Valfrankie: OP, I don't care what people say to you, if indeed you originated this rumour, I say YOU ARE A GENIUS. YES, a genius for exposing the pervading ignorance and illiteracy among even the educated elites in Nigeria. Until we learn the importance in verification, we will continue to endure and enjoy the merry round in the company of a clattering chatterboxes taking our brains to lunch! Ride on young lady, am impressed!!!!!!!!!

otemanuduno: Small time now we will start hearing the rumour that the person who started the EBOLA VIRUS RUMOUR is now infected with the EBOLA VIRUS. that one will claim that she is Funke, the best friend of Adesewa who started the rumour. Mtcheeew

DRealGeesam1:
What is it with you? Have you never played any prank on your friends before?
Respect yourself...
Quote me again and see

amnestylaw1: Thank God you didn't ask people to bath with pepper water because even so, some will still go ahead and do it even though it sounds illogical.

otemanuduno: Small time now we will start hearing the rumour that the person who started the EBOLA VIRUS RUMOUR is now infected with the EBOLA VIRUS. that one will claim that she is Funke, the best friend of Adesewa who started the rumour. Mtcheeew

tomiobj:

Wow. U av sense jare. @ least u av d courage to confess. Kudos!...........dnt let fools insult you. it was a joke that just spreaded massively nd jealous peeps keep on ranting
But don't kill yourself with guilt. No1 would believe it

otemanuduno: Small time now we will start hearing the rumour that the person who started the EBOLA VIRUS RUMOUR is now infected with the EBOLA VIRUS. that one will claim that she is Funke, the best friend of Adesewa who started the rumour. Mtcheeew

tomiobj:

Wow. U av sense jare. @ least u av d courage to confess. Kudos!...........dnt let fools insult you. it was a joke that just spreaded massively nd jealous peeps keep on ranting
But don't kill yourself with guilt. No1 would believe it

otemanuduno: Small time now we will start hearing the rumour that the person who started the EBOLA VIRUS RUMOUR is now infected with the EBOLA VIRUS. that one will claim that she is Funke, the best friend of Adesewa who started the rumour. Mtcheeew

DavidKissinger: You guys are falling for this too? Isn't it obvious she's just an attention seeker?

otemanuduno: Small time now we will start hearing the rumour that the person who started the EBOLA VIRUS RUMOUR is now infected with the EBOLA VIRUS. that one will claim that she is Funke, the best friend of Adesewa who started the rumour. Mtcheeew