Popular Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja.
The arrest reportedly followed his public criticism of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) over alleged unauthorised transactions from his mother’s account.
On Friday in Abuja, the officers of the Nigeria Police Force apprehended VeryDarkMan at Area 3 in the city, his mother and friend.
Confirming the development, his lawyer and lead partner at Deji Adeyanju and Partners, Barr. Deji Adeyanju, disclosed in a statement posted on his verified Meta handle that VDM was arrested alongside a friend and is currently being held at the EFCC facility.
“VDM DETAINED AT EFCC: Our lawyers led by the Head of our firm, Barr. Marvin Omorogbe, just met VDM’s friend who was arrested together with him in EFCC custody. VDM refused to come out of the cell; that he won’t see anyone,” Adeyanju wrote.
He further alleged that officials of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) played a controversial role in the arrest. “VDM was locked inside the GTB exit door for over 5 minutes to enable EFCC arrest him and his friend,” he stated.
Adeyanju said, “VDM arrested by the police at GTB. Spoke to them before he was arrested. This is absolutely unacceptable. Demanding accountability is not a crime.
“A team of policemen arrested VDM at GTB. He was arrested with his friend C Park, and his mother, but the mom was later freed”
