Police have reportedly abducted popular Nigerian Influencer, VeryDarkMan.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that popular Nigerian social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, known widely as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has been abducted by the Nigerian police in Abuja.
This Nigeria news platform understands that VDM wasabducted following his public criticism of a Nigerian bank over alleged unauthorised transactions from his mother’s bank account.
VDM’s lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, confirmed the abduction on Friday, revealing that VeryDarkMan was apprehended by officers of the Nigeria Police Force at Area 3 in Abuja.
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The arrest reportedly followed the influencer’s outspoken criticism of the bank on social media.
“JUST IN: VDM arrested by the police at GTB. Spoke to them before he was arrested. This is absolutely unacceptable. Demanding accountability is not a crime,” Adeyanju wrote in his first update on (formerly Twitter).
In a follow-up statement, Adeyanju provided further details, stating that a team of policemen had arrested VDM at the bank, alongside his friend, C Park.
However, according to Adeyanju, VDM’s mother, who was also involved in the case, was not apprehended.
“They arrested VDM at GTB. He was arrested with his friend C Park but they left his mom alone,” Adeyanju tweeted.
More details later…