The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that activist Martin ‘Verydarkman (VDM)’ Otse will face arraignment in court.
The anti-graft agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, revealed this information during an interview with News Central, which was shared on the media outlet’s Instagram page on Tuesday.
Oyewale’s statement came eight days after VDM was released from the Commission’s custody, where he had been held for six days due to alleged financial crimes.
VDM was apprehended in Abuja by EFCC operatives after accompanying his mother to a Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) branch concerning repeated deductions from her account.
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Oyewale maintained that VDM was treated as any other suspect, arrested based on multiple petitions received by the Commission.
Regarding the next steps following VDM’s release, Oyewale stated, “Now, I think we should appreciate that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission has the right to initiate an investigation into any petition raised against any Nigerian. Now, the issue of Martin Vincent Otse is no exception. Now, we have calls to invite him and arrest him on several petitions before the Commission, and of course, we have asked and interrogated him. When he met the conditions, we released him. When his charges are ready, we will file the charges before the court, and he will be arraigned. There are no charges yet. There are processes, and there are procedures. Let’s get to the river before we cross it now. By the time the charges are ready, they are filed before the court, and it’s arranged, it will be a public document, and everybody will see it.”
When questioned about VDM’s cellphone, which VDM claimed was in the Commission’s possession and used to log him out of his iCloud account, Oyewale responded, “So, there is no point preempting what is on the ground. When we get to the river, we will cross it. That should not be a matter to be discussed on national television. We have our operational ways of doing things.”
VDM, who alleged that his arrest and detention were based on suspicion of money laundering, threatened to sue the Commission if they published his mugshot alongside a ‘money laundering’ charge.
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