The Nigeria Police Force has arrested popular social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan.
VeryDarkMan was reportedly arrested on the orders of the Police Commissioner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Igwe.
Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju said VeryDarkMan was arrested for allegedly exposing a Nigerian who reportedly duped someone abroad.
According to Adeyanju, the controversial social media influencer was arrested on allegations of defamation.
He said: “Our client, @thatverydarkman, has just been arrested by the police on the instruction of CP Igwe for exposing someone who allegedly duped a Nigerian abroad. Instead of the police arresting the person alleged to have committed the fraud, they arrested VDM on allegations of defamation.”