A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered a social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) to pay the sum of ₦200, 000 as fine after dismissing his preliminary objections to the ₦1 billion defamation suit instituted against him by human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, music…
Let us pause here and consider the logic behind this outrage. A citizen walks into a bank to make a complaint, a right guaranteed by his status as a customer. He is attended to and then exits the premises. Sometime after that, he is arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Yet somehow, without…
Protesters in Abuja have stormed the headquarters of Guaranty Trust Bank to demand the release of social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan. The demonstrators, who gathered in large numbers on Monday, chanted “#FreeVDM” while holding placards with inscriptions such as “Activism is not a sin”, “VDM is the masses’ liberator”, and “VDM…
