The illegal arrest of social commentator and activist Martins Otse also known as VeryDarkman(VDM) has blown up social media since he got whisked away by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) on Friday 2nd May 2025 while he came to make a complain on some unsual transaction in his mother’s account after calling them out online.
This unfortunate incident has blown up on social media as many have been questioning EFCC to know why he was arrested and why he was taken away like a criminal after he was beaten up in the presence of his mother. GT Bank was seriously called out for being part of his illegal arrest, the bank has lost lots of customers as a lot of them chose to close their account until VeryDarkMan is been released.
A protest has been going on since yesterday (Monday 6th) in Abuja and despite the protest which was infront of GT Bank were he was arrested there has been no statement or reason on why he was arrested. In the whole of this controversy gospel singer Mercy Chinwo was allegedly accused for being the reason why he was arrested and this is because of her issue with her former record label drama Eezee concept which VeryDarkMan was revealing a lot of information and more.
Nigerian human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju who serves as legal counsel to Martins Otse (VeryDarkMan), on Monday stated, “We still cannot understand why he was arrested. EFCC said there’s no petition against him after our repeated demand.”
Adeyanju, a vocal advocate for civil liberties, accused the EFCC of engaging in what he described as “arbitrary detention” and called for the immediate release of his client.
Everyone is watching to see what happens next.
