Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, was on Friday arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account.
Confirming the arrest on Friday, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, lawyer to VeryDarkMan, said officers of the Nigeria Police Force apprehended his client at Area 3, Abuja.
Reports say the arrest was initiated by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) after VeryDarkMan made complaints about repeated debits from his mother’s account in the name of loan repayments.
Adeyanju said: “My client, VeryDarkMan, was arrested today in Abuja by the Nigerian police. His only offence was speaking out about suspicious and repeated debits from his mother’s GTBank account for loans she never took.”
Earlier, VeryDarkMan took to his social media platforms to express his concerns about multiple deductions from his mother’s account.
He revealed in a post that has since gone viral, that they visited a GTBank branch in Abuja to demand an explanation and obtain a copy of her bank statement.
“Myself and my mom just arrived at GTBank to get an explanation for the constant debit from her account by GTBank in the name of loan repayments that she never took. In this year alone, see the amount of times she has been debited with different amounts,” he wrote.
“We have requested her bank statements so we know when the debiting started. So far, in this year alone, there have been more than seven debits on loan repayments. GTBank staff are cooperating—hopefully, we’ll know why they keep doing this.”