The South-South Zonal chapter of the All Progressives Congress has asked social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, to apologise to Senate President Godswill Akpabio within one week.
The party gave the warning on Sunday through a statement by its South-South Zonal Organising Secretary, Blessing Agbomhere. He criticised VeryDarkMan for insulting Akpabio in a video that went viral.
In the video, VeryDarkMan had called Akpabio’s trip to the Vatican “shameful,” saying he should have instead visited states like Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Ogun, and Enugu, where many people have been killed recently.
Reacting, Agbomhere said, “VeryDarkMan is becoming notorious for blackmail, slander and character assassination while pretending to be an advocate for the masses and social crusader.”
He explained that Akpabio did not send himself to Rome but was asked by President Bola Tinubu to lead a five-man delegation to represent Nigeria at the funeral of Pope Francis.
Agbomhere stated, “Being a devout Catholic and family man with unblemished character, President Tinubu saw in Akpabio a worthy ambassador of Nigeria to such an event as the Pope’s funeral and wasted no time in thrusting that responsibility on him. What is wrong with that?”
He warned, “I am, with this statement, issuing VeryDarkMan a one-week ultimatum to immediately tender an unreserved apology to the Senate president for the slanderous comments and to desist from further bringing the integrity of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration into disrepute in the eyes of the global community.”
Agbomhere also urged Nigerians to ignore what he called the “uninformed ranting” of VeryDarkMan.
Speaking on insecurity, he said the Federal Government is working hard to solve the problem.
He added, “Upon his return from France and the UK, Tinubu met with the security chiefs and during the meeting, he gave them marching orders to ensure that a different approach is deployed in the fight against insecurity. Does this sound like a man who is not serious about protecting the lives and property of Nigerians?”
He stressed that insecurity cannot end overnight but promised that the government remains committed to making Nigeria safer.
