VeryDarkMan, Bobrisky Under Custody

By Adesina Soyooye

In a twist of fate, both Bobrisky and his nemesis VeryDarkMan, VDM, are in custody.

Both men have been in the news for weeks over very untidy allegations and counter allegations.

It began when VDM posted an audio recording where Bobrisky, just out of a six-month jail after being successfully prosecuted by the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, boasted that he served his jail term in an apartment outside the  Kirikiri Correctional Facility and had access to everything he wanted. He said it was made possible for him by his unnamed godfather  and the Controller General of Prisons. He also, allegedly, claimed that he paid some prison officials.

He did not stop at that. He allegedly claimed to have paid the sum of N15 million to some EFCC Operatives to have one of the charges against him dropped. Moreover, according to the audio recording dropped by VDM, he claimed that Folarin Falana, aka, Falz, the lawyer-musician son of Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was arranging for her father to appeal on his behalf, for a Presidential pardon at a cost of N10 million. Both Falz and his father vehemently denied the allegation, and had gone ahead to sue both VDM and Bobrisky for defamation of character. Judgement has already been given against VDM. Among other things, he was fined a whopping N500m in favour of the Falanas.

While the dust raised by that case is yet to settle VDM got involved in another controversy which has landed him in Police custody.

And in the case of Bobrisky, just out of an detention by the Nigerian Immigration Service after he was stopped at the Nigerian-Republic of Benin border, obviously on his way out of the country, the EFCC arrested him Thursday night at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while he was on his way out of the Country.

It is not known for what reason he was arrested, just as no reason was given for stopping him the border the other day, but it is strongly suspected that it is in connection with the audio recording leaked by VDM where he, Bobrisky, made those allegations against the EFCC , NCoS, and the Falanas. Investigation is apparently still going on.

In a post after he was arrested, the crossdresser asked Nigerians to come to his aid, and claimed he has been injured by the EFCC Operatives.

VDM was detained on Thursday when he went to Police Headquarters to answer to their invitation.

His problem with the Police began when he, inexplicably  adorned himself in full  CSP Police uniform and introduced himself as CSP, Online Division. He appeared in a video clip which went viral.

In a statement, his Lawyer, Deji Adeyanju said: “Our client, VDM, has been detained after honouring Police invitation just like yesterday (Wednesday).

“VDM has been consistent in saying the Nigerian Police are our friends even when we all know they are not.”