Police authorities on Thursday night, detained social media activist, Martins Otse, aka the VeryDarkMan.
Otse’s detention was disclosed by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju in a post on X.
Though, while details of VDM’s offence remain unclear, Adeyanju confirmed that he was detained after honouring police invitation.
Adeyanju also disclosed on X that Otse had attended a similar session with the police a day before.
“Our client, VDM, has been detained after honouring a police invitation just like yesterday. VDM has been consistent in stating that the Nigerian Police are our friends, even when we all know they are not”, Adeyanju said.
Recall that the VeryDarkMan tendered a public apology to the Nigeria Police Force for wearing their uniform in a viral video where he jokingly referred himself as a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) of an “online division.”
He posted the apology on his X account after being questioned by the police on Wednesday for alleged impersonation.
The influencer explained that he was unaware of the legal requirement to obtain police permission for wearing police uniforms or those that closely resemble them.
Following his release on Wednesday, Otse urged content creators to seek necessary approvals from law enforcement authorities before featuring police-like uniforms in their content.