The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has this afternoon confirmed that social critic, Martins Ortse aka VeryDarkMan, is in their custody and will soon be charged to court. According to the ant graft spokesman, Dele Oyewale VDM as he is popularly called was arrested due to multiple petitions written against him to the commission.
While granting interview to BBC News Pidgin, Oyewale said VeryDarkMan was taken into custody following complaints from several petitioners especially on allegation of cyber-stalking.
Oyewale said, “We arrested him to respond to a series of allegations raised against him by some petitioners.
“We will release him when he meets the bail conditions and we will take the case to court as soon as possible. We are law-abiding.”
When asked if the case was connected to Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, incident, Oyewale noted that the petitions were from different individuals and the agency owed them a duty of protection.
Recall that VeryDarkMan was alleged to have been arrested at the GTB yesterday in Abuja, an allegation the bank has denied.
Shortly before his arrest, the social critic had announced his visit to one of the GTBank branches in Abuja, to complain about an alleged deduction from his mother’s account.
During his arrest, the activist was said to have been manhandled by operatives of the anti-graft agency in their usual manner.