Indications have emerged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may release social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan on Tuesday.
It is also learnt that there are plans to formally charge him to court on Thursday.
A senior official within the anti-graft agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the development on Monday, noting that while Otse remains in custody, he has not yet been formally arraigned.
VeryDarkMan was recently arrested by the EFCC over allegations of cyberstalking.
His legal representative, Deji Adeyanju, who confirmed Otse’s arrest on X, said a team of policemen arrested VDM along with his friend, C Park.
Scores of youths on Monday took to the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, to protest the arrest of the activist.
The protesters, who marched from the headquarters of EFCC to the premises of a commercial bank where he was reportedly arrested, held placards with inscriptions such as “Release Very Dark Man,” and “Seyi Tinubu, Are You Involved?,” among others.
They described VDM’s arrest and detention as illegal and demanded transparency from the authorities as they vowed to take their grievance to the Nigerian Human Rights Commission, in the Maitama district of the nation’s capital.
