A Nigerian man has revealed why he took the decision to fake his own suicide on social media.
The Nigerian man faked his death
A Nigerian man called senseless by Facebook users after he faked his own death has finally reacted.
The man by name, ItzElderzne announced he was taking his life yesterday in several posts.
Moments later, one of his friends posted a photo of what appeared to be his dead body.
As people mourned him, he then updated his Facebook page, revealing it was just a prank to give a message to those contemplating suicide and tell them it is a selfish thing to do.
However, Nigerians called him all manner of names for pranking them with something as serious as death.