Justice M.O Dawodu of an Ikeja high court has issued an interim order restraining social critic, Martins Otse, aka 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.
While giving the ruling on Monday, the judge also ruled that the Falanas can serve VDM court papers through his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. The court also 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 when this order was given.
Recall that on Tuesday, September 24th, 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 dad, Femi Falana, SAN, tried to get him a presidential pardon for an exchange of N10 million.
VDM, in his reaction, expressed disgust at Falz and his father for associating with Bobrisky and even asked if Falz ‘dey do”, a comment some have interpreted as him questioning Falz’s sexuality.
The Falanas have since denied helping Bobrisky to facilitate any presidential pardon. Falz in a statement from his father’s chambers on September 25, confirmed that Bobrisky reached out to him on May 4 to ask for N3 million to secure a VIP section in the prison. He said he refused to give Bobrisky any money. Falz stated that VDM’s comment portrayed him to be a homos£xual, one to pervert the cause of justice and complicit in the upturning of justice for financial gains. The rapper also argued that VDM also portrayed him as a fake human rights activist without contacting him to hear his side of the story.
Femi Falana denied ever speaking to Bobrisky or having any dealings with him. He has also 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 has said he will be meeting them in court.
