A Lagos High Court has postponed the hearing of a defamation suit against social media influencer Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, until January 23, 2025.
The lawsuit was filed by human rights activist Femi Falana and his son, Folarin, who is popularly known as Falz, against VDM after the latter posted a leaked audio clip of Bobrisky on his Instagram page, in which the crossdresser implicated Falz and his father.
Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, alleged that during his time at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Falz and his father reached out to him to arrange a “presidential pardon” for a fee of N10 million. The Falanas denied this accusation and have demanded a retraction and apology from VDM, but he has refused to comply.
Meanwhile, reports reveal that the case could not proceed because many of the applications submitted by both parties are not yet included in the court file.
Celebrating outside the courthouse, VDM stated that his team did not lose the case and emphasized that nobody owns Nigeria.
On Wednesday, in an Instagram post, VDM shared that he had arrived in Lagos ahead of his court case with the Falanas and disclosed that the hearing of the defamation lawsuit is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM tomorrow (Thursday).
He said: “I just arrived in Lagos for the Femi Falana case against me, scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) at the Ikeja High Court by 9:00 AM. I came to Lagos ahead of that. As you all know, they (Falana and Falz) said I defamed them, but for me, it’s corruption I exposed. I see things that don’t make sense, like someone going to prison and not serving their jail term or the EFCC, which is supposed to catch people involved in corruption, collecting money.
“That’s what I exposed. But sadly, some people (Falana and Falz) whose names were mentioned said I should have informed them before posting such things about them. They (Falana and Falz) asked me to apologise. I don’t see anything wrong with what I did, so I’m not apologising to anybody. If someone’s name is mentioned, they should clear their name.”
“I have tried to respect them (Mr Falana and Falz), but it didn’t work because I went to prostrate, and they said I must go and apologise. Now it’s time for the court hearing, and heaven won’t fall. Tomorrow, if I hear their (Falana and Falz) names again, I’ll post it. I don’t fear anybody’s father.
“I don’t want a country where, when it’s someone’s time, we should keep quiet and speak only when it’s someone else’s time. Imagine if the names mentioned in the voice recording were Eniola Badmus or Toyin Abraham. They’d say they did it because they didn’t like them; but now that it’s about a precious stone (Falana), everybody is saying VeryDarkMan is doing too much and that he made some innuendos,” he added.
