THE Nigerian police have released the detained social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, after the police initially refused to release him on Sunday, citing Easter break.
According to media reports, VeryDarkMan was supposed to regain his freedom on Easter Sunday but the police claimed there were no personnel available to process his release due to the Easter celebration.
A source privy to the matter said on Sunday that even though the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase had said the lawyers representing the social media influencer could go and get him, the Investigating Police Officers initially met on duty said there was no instruction to that effect.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Force Criminal of Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja, Mr Sylvester Abiodun Alabi, said the lawyers could return on Tuesday to get their client.
“I heard that the IPOs the lawyers initially met said they had not received any instruction to release VeryDarkMan but later when they were able to reach DIG Alabi, he said there was no one available to process the release because of the Easter break.
“So he asked them to come back for VeryDarkMan on Tuesday after the Easter break is over,” the source said.
However, #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, on Sunday evening tweeted, “Good news on Easter Sunday! @thatverydarkman is now free! Thanks for all your efforts to ensure oppression will not always win! #RevolutionNow.”
Recall that VeryDarkMan was arrested by the police over claims that they had received a series of petitions against his conduct online.
The socialite had shared a video where he alleged that controversial cross-dresser, Bobrisky was sleeping with many Nigerian lawmakers and police chiefs.
He said Bobrisky would have been arrested for openly claiming to be gay and being a trans woman if not that the socialite was sleeping with lawmakers and top police chiefs.
