BREAKING: EFCC Gives Condition for VeryDarkMan's Release
- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of social media activist, Martins Innocent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan
- EFCC said the commission invited VeryDarkMan owing to a series of petitions bordering on sundry issues of alleged financial crimes raised against him but he refused to show up
- The anti-graft agency said VeryDarkMan has been offered administrative bail and would be released after meeting bail conditions
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FCT, Abuja -The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) said social media activist, Martins Innocent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been offered administrative bail and would be released after fulfilling all the bail conditions.
EFCC said it invited VeryDarkMan owing to a series of petitions bordering on sundry issues of alleged financial crimes raised against him.
Source: UGC
The anti-graft agency said VerydarkMan refused to show up despite several invitations sent to him through his known addresses and medium of communication.
This was contained in a statement issued via its X handle @officialEFCC on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
“The petitions pertain to grave allegations of financial malfeasance which cannot be ignored by the Commission.”
The statement added:
“The EFCC has a lawful right to hold Otse in custody like any other suspect being investigated by the Commission.
The appropriate Remand Order was obtained in this regard. He has been offered an administrative bail and would be released after fulfilling all the bail conditions. “
EFCC explained that the decision to arrest VeryDarkMan is not connected to his several unguarded attacks against the Commission's operations.
The anti-graft agency disclosed that as soon as investigations are concluded, charges will be filed against VDM in court.
Source: Facebook
Reactions as EFCC gives condition for VeryDarkMan's release
@oxndes
Why do I suspect mercy chinwo petitioned against vdm
The eagle is watching 🦅
@SeunOluwafemi8
Your press statement is coming late and as a result, it has cost GTB their business.
Kindly do what you have to do in a timely manner.
@your_Favxparte
Series of petitions? But you people will leave the evil politicians that keep embezzling the country’s resources. Just say the arrest was about his attacks on the commission.
@boss_hammed
Why don't you guys talk since all these days and you expect his family and friends to keep quiet when nobody have idea of what he did wrong
This is a ridiculous act!!
@_godknowsme_
But you tagged this news as as "fake news" yesterday?
Wetin be una problem?
Abeg, na mouth I get oo, I no get body to stay inside your custody.
@_egungunn
Denied arresting him 17hrs ago, only to admit they arrested him now
God please Nigerian youths are too hardworking to deserve a country like this 😥💔🙏
Detention without charges sets bad precedent - Lawyer
Adaobi Iyiegbu, a legal practitioner and human rights advocate, has warned that the EFCC’s continued detention of VDM without charges sets a dangerous precedent for abuse of legal process.
The lawyer equally stressed that prolonged detention without arraignment is illegal under Section 35(6) of the 1999 Constitution.
“Failure to comply with constitutional provisions regarding detention renders such detention unlawful and entitles the individual to compensation and a public apology, as clearly stated in Section 35(6) of the 1999 Constitution,” she told Legit.ng.
Iyiegbu argued that the EFCC's handling of the case risks undermining the rule of law and fundamental freedoms.
“The continued detention of VeryDarkMan without formal charges, even while conditions for his release are being negotiated, constitutes a gross violation of his fundamental human rights and sets a dangerous precedent for the abuse of legal process in Nigeria,” she added.
VeryDarkMan’s Lawyer Deji Adeyanju Gives Fresh Update
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Lawyer, Deji Adeyanju visited VeryDarkMan on Monday evening, May 5, 2025.
VeryDarkMan's lawyer visited his client, who was in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody.
Adeyanju claimed that he was informed that there was no petition against VeryDarkMan after repeated demands.
Editorial assistant Ololade Olatimehin provided exclusive commentary from a lawyer for this report.
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