‘Judiciary Can’t Shut me Down’ – VDM Reacts to Arrest Order

Controversial activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has responded to a court order calling for his arrest over alleged defamation of gospel singer Mercy Chinwo.

Recall that Asabametro had reported that a Chief Magistrate Court Sitting in Abuja on Thursday had issued a bench warrant for the arrest of VDM for “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo.

In response to the arrest warrant, VDM in a video shared via his X handle on Friday said, the judiciary cannot shut him down, maintaining that he would expose people paying money to bring him down.

The social media critic said, “First things first, the judiciary cannot shut me down.

“A lot of you don’t know, but there is a plot for the judiciary to shut me down, but I will resist it instead, I will expose all those people paying money for it. I will expose all of you, all those people, forum-shopping judges, and all those who have issued illegal orders. I will expose all of you, because tell me something. How can a man have six cases in front of one magistrate in one day, one lawyer have six cases in front of one magistrate in one day, and on that same day, the judge ordered for my arrest.”

VDM argued that the arrest order was illegitimate, as he is currently not in Nigeria and has a pending case in the same court, which he has never missed.

He also revealed that another court in Nyanyan, Abuja, had issued an injunction restricting him from discussing Mercy Chinwo and Eezee Tee, which he believes is an attempt to silence him.

“On that same day, after they told him, because my lawyer told him that this guy was not in Nigeria, my lawyer also told them that I have a case in that same court, and I have never missed a day. The lawyer told him that. As a matter of fact, I was even in China when they filed for that case.

“So I’m not around, and you’re ordering for my own arrest and I’m not even around, not just that on that same day when they ordered from arrest, that was yesterday, another court in Nyanya is also issuing an injunction that I should not talk about Mercy Chinwo and is Eezee Tee matter again.

“Meanwhile, this other magistrate that ordered my arrest has also issued an injunction that prohibits me from talking about this case. Now, the one in Nyanya that issued that injunction was also a magistrate.

“He was recently made a judge. Was also a magistrate. Was recently made a judge. Now again, if you go through their case, the affidavit is very scanty,” he said.

Similarly, he said no reasonable person will give an order based on that affidavit and based on that case.

“I put a stop on that, and I’ve warned all judges to not do that expert thing anymore. So why is this judge in Nyanya, why is he doing it? So, the agency, is it that you don’t have the law, does not stand. I mean, you put a stop to this. Why are they trying to do it?

“I know their plans, they want the news. Oh, Verydarkman came to Nigeria because their plan was that if I come, Nigeria would make them handcuff me. They handcuff me. People will say, Yes, oh, mercy, has won and all that see, the truth is that even if I come to Nigeria now, and they handcuff me, listen, it still does not change the truth that there was abuse of power and influence,” he averred.