Bobrisky: VeryDarkMan Denies Defaming Femi Falana

Mr. Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has denied defaming Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, a renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria and globally recognized human rights activist.

He asserts that he only published the said communication with a view to getting the relevant agencies and Falana to initiate a thorough investigation into the far-reaching allegations made by Mr. Okuneye (Bobrisky) in the said voice recording.

This is contained in a statement released and signed by Deji Adeyanju, Esq., VeryDarkMan’s solicitor, in response to the defamatory allegation leveled against him by Mr. Falana.

The statement reads in full:

The Principal Partner Falana & Falana Chambers 25, Adekunle Fajuyi Way G.R.A, Ikeja, Lagos.

Attn: Taiwo E. Olawanle, Esq

Dear Sir,

RE: DEMAND FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RETRACTION OF DEFAMATORY STATEMENT AGAINST MR FEMI FALANA SAN

“We are Solicitors to Mr. Martins Vincent Otse (hereinafter referred to as our client) on whose instruction we act.

Our client is in receipt of your letter dated September 25, 2024, on the above subject matter wherein you demanded for the retraction of his Instagram publication containing a voice recording between Mr. Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju (Bobrisky) and a third party.

Our client denies defaming Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, a renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria and globally recognised human rights activist, but asserts that he only published the said communication with a view to getting the relevant agencies, and even your client, to initiate a thorough investigation into the far reaching allegations made by Mr. Okuneye in the said voice recording, especially as some element of the voice recording has been confirmed by Mr. Folarin Falana in his solicitor’s letter of September 25, 2024.

Our client holds Mr. Femi Falana, SAN in very high esteem and recognises his commitment to the protection of human rights and rule of law in Nigeria. It is in the light of the foregoing that our client believes that the appropriate line of action in the circumstance is an interagency investigation into the allegations contained in the voice recording, rather than pursuing a case of defamation.”