{"id":161191,"date":"2025-05-02T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/efcc-detains-verydarkman"},"modified":"2025-05-02T23:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:00:48","slug":"efcc-detains-verydarkman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-detains-verydarkman","title":{"rendered":"EFCC detains VeryDarkMan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Popular Nigerian social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju confirmed this in a post on his official Facebook page on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports suggested that Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, ordered VDM\u2019s arrest following his criticism of the bank after alleged unauthorised transactions were made from his mother\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>In an update, Adeyanju stated that a team of lawyers led by the \u201cHead of our firm @Marvin_Omorogbe just met VDM\u2019s friend, who was arrested together with him in EFCC custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVDM refused to come out of the cell; that he won\u2019t see anyone. VDM was locked inside the GTB exit door for over 5 mins to enable EFCC to arrest him and his friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be taking legal actions against GTB for the inhumane treatment meted out to our client,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Popular Nigerian social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju confirmed this in a post on his official Facebook page on Friday evening. 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