Justice M.O Dawodu of an Ikeja High Court in Lagos State has issued an interim order restraining social critic, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, from further circulating or publishing any defamatory video or comments against legal expert, Femi Falana.
Ruling on an ex parte application on Monday, October 14, the presiding judge ordered VeryDarkMan to delete “defamatory comments and videos” concerning Falana from all his social media pages. The judge also ruled that the Falanas can serve VDM court papers through his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju.
The court held that Falana has 14 days to file the pre-action bundle on VDM’s lawyer and gave the order for VDM to delete any defamatory post against Falana on his page within 14 days from the date of the order.
The controversy arose on September 24th when VDM released a purported audio conversation between Bobrisky and a male friend in which Bob claimed he spoke with Falz while he was in prison and that Falz and his father, Femi Falana, tried to get him a presidential pardon for an exchange of N10 million.
In his reaction, VDM expressed disgust at Falz and his father for associating with Bobrisky and even questioned Falz’s sexuality.
The Falanas have since denied helping Bobrisky to facilitate any presidential pardon. Falz, in a statement from his father’s chambers, confirmed that Bobrisky reached out to him to ask for N3 million but refused to give him any money.
Falz argued that VDM’s comment portrayed him as a homosexual and a fake human rights activist.
Femi Falana also denied ever speaking to Bobrisky or having any dealings with him. He stated that his chambers never charge a dime to secure a presidential pardon.
Both men demanded a retraction and an apology from VDM, which he refused, insisting he never defamed them and would challenge them in court.
