By Isa Isawade
Fearless social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as Verydarkman (VDM) has voiced his innocence of the messages by some faceless individuals threatening to burn down the office and kill a daughter of the Human Rights lawyer and critic, Chief Femi Falana (SAN) if he went ahead to sue the social activist.
VDM dissociated himself from the threat of harming the respected lawyer and his family on Wednesday in a short video he posted on his X handle.
” I want to say I am not aware and I don’t have knowledge of anyone sending threats to Femi Falana or any member of his family. Secondly, I will never be part of anybody sending any threatening messages to anyone in this country.
“What I will like to say is this: I am willing to cooperate and work with Uncle Femi to fish out whoever sent the message to him. Let the person come and answer why he or she would send something like that to him. Please, I don’t associate myself with things like that,” VDM said, adding that someone who wanted to worsen the relationship between him and Chief Falana must have been behind it.
He said he doubted if any of his genuine supporters would do such a thing and warned people to support any movement with wisdom.
He added: “I acknowledge one thing- Uncle Femi Falana is a legend for this game. It’s just unfortunate that this thing turns like this. E be like say na devil who just wan scatter scatter everything.”
He admonished his supporters to know that Femi Falana is a highly respected defender of the masses and good causes.
VDM had released some video clips where the controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky’s recorded voice allegedly disclosing that he bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC with 15 million naira and some other personalities such as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa and Chief Falana with various sums to drop money laundering charges against him; arrange a special apartment for him instead of staying in prison, and grant him state pardon over the offence of naira abuse on which he was convicted.
Chief Falana had threatened to sue VDM for defamation if he failed to publish a public apology in relevant media for which some individuals sent the threats to him and his daughter.
Falana also on Wednesday reacted to the threat in an interview with Channels by saying: “The only disturbing area in this scenario is a threat to me and one of my two daughters. Some of these guys who I believe are mentally deranged have dared me, saying if you go to court, we shall burn your office. They have also sent messages to one of my daughters that if your father goes to court we shall kill you! I beg your pardon, in this country! I just laughed and I told my girl, don’t worry I will take it up.”
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