Social media activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
His release was announced on Wednesday by former presidential candidate and activist Omoyele Sowore through his X handle.
“Thanks to unrelenting efforts of all, @thatverydarkman has been released from unjust detention at the @officialEFCC. He is with his ebullient lawyer, @adeyanjudeji,” Sowore posted.
Prior to his release, VeryDarkMan’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, criticised the EFCC’s handling of the bail process, referring to it as “social media bail,” citing the commission’s failure to issue official bail documents despite publicly confirming that bail had been granted.
“Bail granted VDM, social media bail, as we are yet to receive any bail document from the commission. We have made several repeated demands in this regard since yesterday, when we were informed about the decision to grant bail,” Adeyanju stated.
The EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, confirmed that VeryDarkMan had been granted administrative bail but remained in custody due to pending bail conditions.
The commission said he was invited for questioning following multiple petitions involving serious financial crime allegations and was arrested after allegedly failing to honour several invitations sent to his known addresses and communication channels.
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