An Abuja Chief Justice of the Peace Court docket in Wuse Zone 6 has issued an arrest warrant for Martins Otse, a neatly-identified social media activist who goes by the title VeryDarkMan or VDM.
The show came on Thursday as section of a prison defamation case filed in opposition to him by neatly-known gospel singer Mercy Chinwo.
Justice of the Peace Emmanuel Iyana directed the Nigeria Police Force and other law enforcement companies to detain VDM and elevate him to court docket. This determination followed his failure to reply to a court docket summons on March 5, where he used to be required to take care of the accusations brought by Chinwo.
Regardless of attempts by VDM’s felony professional, Mr. Deji Adeyanju, to put off the arrest by offering to individually make it possible for his client’s appearance at a later date, the Justice of the Peace declined and maintained the arrest show.
The case amenities on allegations made by VDM on his social media online page, claiming that Chinwo used to be fascinated with a contractual dispute and had diverted $345,000, which belonged to her former chronicle mark boss, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, often identified as Eezee Tee.
Chinwo has contested these claims, presenting emails and price receipts as evidence to tag her innocence and arguing that VDM’s statements weren’t handiest fraudulent nevertheless opposed to her reputation.
Chinwo’s apt crew, led by Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, argued that VDM’s actions violated Part 391 of the Penal Code and Part 24 (1)(B) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention and so forth) Act 2015.
They enjoy got additionally filed a N1.1 billion lawsuit in opposition to VDM on the High Court docket of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, looking for a court docket show for him to delete, retract, and publicly assert regret for the defamatory statements.
