Timi Frank demands release of VeryDarkMan, accuses Tinubu of silencing critics

• Timi Frank has powerfully condemned the EFCC for arresting societal media professional VeryDarkMan, calling it an enactment of intimidation and maltreatment of power
• He accused the Tinubu-led medication of utilizing information agencies to soundlessness critics portion ignoring existent threats and economical crimes
• Frank demanded VeryDarkMan's contiguous merchandise and urged Nigerians to emergence against what helium described arsenic systemic injustice and firm fraud

Political activistic and erstwhile APC spokesperson, Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned the apprehension and continued detention of fashionable societal media critic, VeryDarkMan, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

VeryDarkMan, whose existent sanction is Martins Vincent Otse, was reportedly arrested days agone pursuing a sojourn to a Guarantee Trust Bank subdivision successful Abuja, wherever helium had gone to kick astir unauthorized deductions from his mother’s account.

EFCC has clarified that VDM was not arrested due to the fact that of 'unguarded' utterances against the commission. Photo credit: IG/verydarkblackman
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The EFCC claims the apprehension was connected to aggregate petitions filed against the critic, but the contented creator has yet to beryllium formally charged oregon released, contempt exceeding the 48-hour lawful detention period.

EFCC said VDM would beryllium fto retired if helium meets the conditions of bail acceptable for him.

Frank condemns critic's arrest

Frank described the apprehension arsenic an onslaught connected civilian liberties and accused President Bola Tinubu’s medication of enabling a signifier of harassment against dissenting voices, peculiarly journalists and online influencers captious of authorities policies.

He said the existent authorities has shown nary tolerance for opposing views and has alternatively directed authorities institutions to suppress them.

Former APC official, Timi Frank, has called connected Nigerians to repulse the glaring 'impunity'. Photo credit: FB/ABAT, Timi Frank
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“The information agencies are speedy to apprehension peaceful protesters similar VeryDarkMan, but they crook a unsighted oculus to existent threats—armed groups ravaging communities successful Benue, Borno, and Plateau States,” Frank said.

He further questioned wherefore anti-corruption institutions person failed to bring influential figures to justice, yet discarded nary clip clamping down connected mean citizens voicing morganatic concerns.

Ex-APC authoritative says apprehension could beryllium retaliatory

Frank suggested that VeryDarkMan’s apprehension could beryllium retaliation for his caller criticisms of the EFCC and the Nigerian Correctional Service, particularly his claims astir alleged preferential attraction fixed to arguable property Bobrisky during incarceration.

He warned that specified misuse of powerfulness would lone erode nationalist assurance successful anti-corruption agencies.

“It is heartbreaking that EFCC has present go a instrumentality to muzzle critics alternatively than tackle the existent enemies of Nigeria’s economy,” Frank stated.

He besides called connected planetary donors and quality rights bodies to suspend engagement and backing to the EFCC until it releases the detained activist.

In addition, helium urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to analyse each commercialized banks implicit alleged fraudulent deductions, which helium says person go rampant.

According to Frank, galore Nigerians are silently suffering from unauthorized charges and unethical practices by banks, telecom providers, and powerfulness organisation companies.

Calling connected citizens to instrumentality a stand, Frank warned that the state is nether interior siege.

“If we don’t enactment now, it whitethorn beryllium you oregon maine next. The clip to talk up against injustice is now,” helium said.

APC gives VeryDarkMan 1 week to apologize

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that the South-South section of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had issued a stern warning to fashionable societal media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, amended known arsenic VeryDarkMan, demanding that helium tender an apology to Senate President Godswill Akpabio wrong 1 week.

The warning, conveyed successful a connection by Blessing Agbomhere, Zonal Organizing Secretary of the South-South APC, came aft VeryDarkMan released a viral video sharply criticizing Akpabio’s caller travel to the Vatican.

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Source: Legit.ng