backlash as fans take to the streets to protest, call for his release [VIDEO]

• Videos of some Nigerian youth taking to the street to demand VeryDarkMan’s release from police detention have surfaced online.
• In one of the videos, some young men were spotted with placards demanding the social media activist’s release.
• This comes after VeryDarkMan’s lawyer and Seun Kuti confirmed Tonto Dikeh was behind VeryDarkMan’s arrest.

Self-acclaimed activist and social media influencer Martin Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) arrest, has been stirring up drama on social media.

The activist’s arrest has divided not just netizens but some celebrities. While prominent figures like Seun Kuti  has called for his release, others have insisted he remains in detention.

A trending video on social media showed some Nigerian youths taking to the streets to protest over VDM’s arrest.

In the viral video, some youths were spotted carrying placards and demanding VDM’s release.

This comes after VDM’s lawyer alleged that Tonto Dikeh, Iyabo Ojo and Samklef were involved in the former’s arrest. He also spoke on the stringent bail conditions set for the TikToker’s release.

Recall that the activist has been off social media for four days now after he was arrested for cyberbullying. Watch viral video of youths protesting over VeryDarkMan’s arrest:

Some netizens, while reacting to the video, criticised those who stormed the streets to demand VeryDarkMan’s release while a handful supported them. See below:

ikenga_orlu_: “Any woman that dislikes VDM can never ever be a good wife.”

vigra_inc wrote: “The caption should be “Some Miscreants are in the streets protesting for VDM”

j.a.r.m.a: “If your relative no de among this people omo you no know wetin God do for you.”

bright___r: “Buhari was right when he called us “Lazy Nigerian Youths.”

yourbrandchick: “Y’all should use this energy to tell him to mind his business when he comes out!”

djnasty01: “But but if it was another person that they arrested and people protest like this, vdm for don set camera and say “Nigeria youths are mumus.”