EFCC To Arraign VeryDarkMan In Court Over Multiple Petitions
EFCC To Arraign VeryDarkMan In Court Over Multiple Petitions The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), over multiple petitions. Naija News reports that the EFCC arrested VeryDarkMan on Friday, May 2, 20,225, after visiting GTBank with his mother to complain about an alleged deduction from her account. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in an interview with BBC News Pidgin on Monday, May 5, 2025, said the activist was taken into custody following complaints from several petitioners. He said, “We arrested him to respond to a series of allegations raised against him by some petitioners.” When asked if the case was connected to Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Oyewale noted that the petitions were from different individuals and the agency owed them a duty of protection. Oyewole noted that the social media activist will be released after meeting his bail cond...