Menace By Falana: VeryDarkMan Withdraws Defamatory Statements, Tenders Apology

Social media Influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly generally known as VeryDarkMan, has defined that he had not intention of maligning the picture of veteran authorized practitioner, Femi Falana, SAN.

The clarification by VeryDarkMan adopted a menace by Mr Falana’s son, Folarin Falana, higher generally known as Falz, to provoke a lawsuit towards him if he fails to apologise and withdraw his defamatory feedback inside 24 hours.

In a letter by VeryDarkMan’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, dated September 25, 2024, VeryDarkMan mentioned he posted the audio recordings to permit for a radical investigation by related authorities into his allegations towards Bobrisky, a few of which have been confirmed by Falz.

It learn, “Our consumer denies defaming Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, a famend Senior Advocate of Nigeria and globally acknowledged human rights activist, however asserts that he solely revealed the mentioned communication with a view to getting the related companies, and even your consumer, to provoke a radical investigation into the far-reaching allegations made by Mr. Okuneye within the mentioned voice recording, particularly as some parts of the voice recording have been confirmed by Mr. Folarin Falana in his solicitor’s letter of September 25, 2024.”

“Our consumer holds Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, in very excessive esteem and acknowledges his dedication to the safety of human rights and the rule of regulation in Nigeria. It’s within the gentle of the foregoing that our consumer believes that the suitable line of motion within the circumstance is an inter company investigation into the allegations contained within the voice recording fairly than pursuing a case of defamation.”

Recall that VeryDarkMan posted a voice recording believed to have been made by Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, alleging that the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) collected a N15 million bribe from the cross-dresser to drop the cash laundering cost towards him and permit him to serve his six-month jail time period in a non-public residence.

Nevertheless, Mr Falana denied ever contacting Bobrisky, including that VeryDarkMan didn’t attain out earlier than posting the false claims, which included insinuations of homosexuality.