Activist Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has clarified that he did not defame legal expert and activist Femi Falana, SAN, whom he loves 100%.

He addressed the issue on his social media page, explaining that his comments in a video mentioning Falana and his son, Falz, in relation to Bobrisky’s bribery prison scandal were not intended as defamation.

VeryDarkMan shared a voice recording of Bobrisky denying going to prison and claiming to have stayed at a lodge. Bobrisky also alleged that he paid the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) N15 million to drop money laundering charges against him and paid Femi Falana N10 million to seek pardon and expunge his name from the records.

These allegations sparked controversy online, with many accusing VDM of defaming Falana, who was reportedly fulfilling his duties as a lawyer.

In response, VDM released a video denying the defamation claims and expressing his respect for Falana.

He emphasized that Falana has used his position as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria to represent individuals like himself who speak out against societal issues, abuse of power and government corruption.

VDM said, “One other person he represented that made me love him was Fela Anikulapo Kuti who is a role model to me. I saw the way he spoke fearlessly and I emulated everything and I said, if I am on this earth, I will say it the way I see it and I will say it straight up.

So, imagine Uncle Femi Falana defending somebody like Fela. Imagine somebody like Fela. I mean, Fela came and said Muhammadu Buhari is an animal, and Muhammadu Buhari was the Head of State and Uncle Femi Falana was his lawyer. How dare I defame him?

I only reacted to the call Bobrisky made. He, Bobrisky, was the one that alleged that Uncle Femi Falana and Falz collected N10 million and what I said was that I chose not to believe that Uncle Femi Falana would be associated with that and if he was, I would be disappointed."

The social activist further said that he had the option of cutting out the part of the video where Mr Femi Falana and his son, rapper Falz, were mentioned. Yet, he decided against it because he wanted a thorough investigation to be conducted.

Watch the video he shared below…

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