How DSS, Police, EFCC arrested VeryDarkMan in joint operation

Fresh facts emerged yesterday that a social media activist, Martins Otse ( the VeryDarkMan), was arrested in a joint operation by the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Otse was arrested last Friday at a bank premises in Area 3 Abuja for alleged Cyberstalking.

He was allegedly molested before he was taken away.

But the operation has led to a public protest in Abuja.

A security source said: “It was a joint operation by the DSS, the police and the EFCC.

“There are several petitions against him. After interrogation by the EFCC, the police will do its own and then hand him over to the DSS.

“VDM has a long journey ahead of him. He is detained based on a warrant from the court.”

Despite the claim of VDM’s lawyer, Mr. Deji Adeyanju, that his client was in EFCC’s custody, the anti-graft commission denied keeping VDM.

Spokesperson of EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, was not available for comments.

Meanwhile, several youths took to the streets of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday, in protest of the arrest of VeryDarkMan (VDM).

The protesters, who were sighted in Wuse, after Berger Bridge, described VDM’s arrest and detention as illegal.

They vowed to take their grievance to the Nigerian Human Rights Commission in Maitama district of the nation’s capital.

The youths chanted: “He’s not a thief, Now VDM has blocked the road, Release VDM.”

The protesters, who carried placards with various inscriptions, converged on the junction leading to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in Jabi.

Adeyanju said: “This is absolutely unacceptable. Demanding accountability is not a crime.’’

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