‘We’ll arraign VDM once we are ready’

‘We’ll arraign VDM once we are ready’ – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that activist Martin ‘Verydarkman (VDM) Otse will soon be arraigned in court.

The anti-graft agency head of media and publicity, Dele Oyewale, revealed this during an interview with News Central, which was posted on Tuesday on the media outlet’s Instagram page.

Mr Oyewale made the revelation eight days after VDM regained his freedom. He had spent six days in the Commission’s custody over alleged financial crimes.

VDM was arrested in Abuja by the anti-graft agency’s operatives after he accompanied his mother to a Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) branch over continuous deductions from her account.

Mr Oyewale maintained that VDM was a suspect like any other suspect and was arrested following multiple petitions.

Revealing the Commission’s following line of action after VDM’s release, he said: “Now, I think we should appreciate that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission has the right to initiate an investigation into any petition raised against any Nigerian. Now, the issue of Martin Vincent Otse is no exception. Now, we have calls to invite him and arrest him on several petitions before the Commission, and of course, we have asked and interrogated him.

“When he met the conditions, we released him. When his charges are ready, we will file the charges before the court, and he will be arraigned. There are no charges yet. There are processes, and there are procedures. Let’s get to the river before we cross it now. By the time the charges are ready, they are filed before the court, and it’s arranged, it will be a public document, and everybody will see it.”

When asked about VDM’s cellphone in the Commission’s possession, Mr Oyewale noted, “So, there is no point preempting what is on the ground. When we get to the river, we will cross it. That should not be a matter to be discussed on national television. We have our operational ways of doing things.”

VDM alleged that his cellphone was with the Commission during his first video after his release and that they logged him out of his iCloud account.

Source: News Central

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