A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of blogger Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), for alleged “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo.
The Magistrate ordered the Nigeria Police Force along with other law enforcement Agencies to arrest VeryDarkMan and produce him to Court, to answer to the criminal allegations levelled against him.
Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna issued the bench warrant on Thursday, March 13, 2025 when VeryDarkMan failed to appear before the Magistrate following a Court summons on March 5, 2025.
Though VeryDarkMan’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, appealed to the Magistrate to rethink the bench warrant and a promise that he would personally produce his client in ctourt, Magistrate Iyanna rejected the appeal and insisted that VeryDarkMan be produced in Court by security Agencies.
The bench warrant stemmed from alleged defamatory statements said to have been made by VDM on social media, accusing Chinwo of involvement in a contractual dispute and the purported diversion of $345,000 linked to her former record label boss, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, also known as Eezee Tee.
In support of her claims, Chinwo furnished the Court with documentary evidence, including emails and payment receipts, to substantiate that VDM’s allegations were not only entirely false, but damning and injurious to her public image and reputation.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
