The report of a Blue Marlin fish worth $2.6 million caught by a Nigerian and ate with village folks is inaccurate.

Claims on social media suggest the man pictured in a yellow shirt with the fish missed out on a life-changing moment. However, the price of the fish is an overestimation of its value coming from the prize money of an annual fishing competition in the United States of America.

Earlier reports on Pulse.com.gh suggested that the man and his village folks missed out on an opportunity to cash in on a $2.6 million fish by eating it. The story was based on claims on social media by Africa Facts Zone which proved to be inaccurate.

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The next time you catch a big fish and want to feast on it, you might want to find out its value first.

A Nigerian man who captured a Blue Marlin Fish did not know he could sell it for a whopping $2.6 million, so he organised his village folks who helped him eat it.

The life-changing fish was reportedly captured in the Andoni Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Rivers State but the locals did not know its worth until news of its potential to give them $2.6 million emerged.

Africa Facts Zone, an up-to-date facts platform run by a Nigerian businessman, Isima Odeh shared a picture of the man with the Blue Marlin Fish surrounded by some villagers on Twitter.

Blue Marlin Fish is not often eaten by humans due to unhealthy amounts of mercury and other contaminants found in it.

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The post by Africa Facts Zone got many social media users reacting with some of them poking fun at the ‘ignorant’ village folks.