APC Issues 7-Day Ultimatum To VeryDarkman

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

Martin Vincent Otse, popular in social media circles as VeryDarkman, has until the next sevendays to tender an unreserved apology to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, or face legal action, the All Progressive  Congress, APC, has threatened.

The popular social media influencer and critic, was on Sunday, April 27, 2025, accused by the APC of slandering  and disparaging the person and office of the Senate President in his three-minute viral video trending online.

In a statement issued by its South South Organizing Secretary, Blessing Agbomhere, the APC, while calling on VeryDarkman to draw a line of demarcation between activism and slander, also cautioned against any further attempt at impugning the image and office of the number three citizen of Nigeria.

The Source reports that the APC cautionary note and threat of a legal action are coming against the backdrop of a viral video in which VDM scathingly criticized Akpabio’s selection to lead the country’s delegation to  the burial of late Pope Francis in the Vatican.

In the video, he  insisted that the Senate President lacks the moral and religious authority to lead the country’s delegation to such a solemn gathering as the burial of a globally acknowledged moral compass-Pope Francis.

Apparently, referencing the festering Senator Natasha alleged sexual abuse scandal, the social media activist described the presence of Akpabio in Rome as the Head of Nigeria’s delegation as shameful.

According to him, the  Senate President  could have been more meaningfully engaged staying back in the country, and visiting several trouble spots such as  Plateau, Benue, Kwara, Ogun, Enugu, and other  States, rather than  wasting tax payers money to go to the Vatican.

However, Agbomhere, on Sunday, expressed serious concern that VDM has gradually descended, of late, into the abyss of blackmail, slander, and character assassination under the guise of activism.

“VeryDarkman is becoming notorious for blackmail, slander, and character assassination, while pretending to be an advocate for the masses and a social crusader.

“This unwarranted verbal attack was on the number three citizen of Nigeria who did not send himself to Rome, but was duly nominated by the President to lead a delegation to represent Nigeria. What exactly is wrong with that?

“Being a devout Catholic and family man with unblemished character, President Tinubu saw in Akpabio a worthy Ambassador of Nigeria to such an event as the Pope’s funeral and wasted no time in thrusting that responsibility on him. Again, what is wrong with that?

“I am with this statement, issuing VeryDarkman a week’s ultimatum to immediately tender an unreserved apology to the Senate President for the slanderous comments, and to desist from further bringing the integrity of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration into disrepute in the eyes of the. global community” Agbomhere stated.

The South-south APC Organizing Secretary, therefore called on Nigerians to ignore the “the rantings  of the social media influencer as  mere blackmailing antics.”