Impersonation: Court grants VeryDarkMan N2m bail

The Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has granted the detained social media critic, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan N2m bail and other stringent conditions.

VeryDarkMan was arraigned on Friday at Court 1, Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, in the Federal Capital Territory for unauthorised use of a police uniform.

Providing the bail terms seen by our correspondent, the counsel to VeryDarkMan, Deji Ayedanju said the court ruled that the sureties are to provide means of identification and depose an affidavit to provide the defendant during trial at all times.

He added that the court ordered that the prosecutor should verify the sureties’ addresses while the sureties will also provide their utility bills.
Adeyanju stated that the court also ruled that VeryDarkMan will depose to an affidavit that he will be available at all times during the trial.
He said, “Two million, two sureties in like terms. Sureties to deposit international passports, sureties to provide means of Identification. Sureties to depose to an affidavit to provide the defendant during trial at all times.

“Prosecutor to verify sureties’ address. Sureties to provide utility bills, defendant to depose to an affidavit to be available at all times during trial. Sureties to reside within the Court’s jurisdiction, particularly Abuja municipal.”
PUNCH Online had reported that the police on Thursday evening detained VeryDarkMan hours after he tendered a public apology to the police for using their uniform in a viral video where he described himself as a CSP of an online division.

He made the apology in a video he posted on his social media pages after he was grilled by the police on Wednesday for alleged impersonation.