Police detains VeryDarkMan despite public apology for using its uniform

The Nigeria Police Force has detained popular social media critic, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan for the unauthorized use of its official uniforms and accoutrements.

NaijaOnPoint.com.ng(NOP) reports that Nigerian lawyer, Deji Adeyanju made this known in a Twitter post on Thursday evening, where he disclosed that the social media critic was detained after honouring police invitation.

Adeyanju lamented that his client was taken into custody despite cooperating with the police authorities.

“Our client, VDM has been detained after honouring police invitation just like yesterday. VDM who has been consistent in saying the Nigerian Police are our friends even when we all know they are not,” the tweet reads.

The development is coming shortly after VeryDarkMan publicly apologized to the force for using its uniform, emphasizing that he didn’t intend to impersonate the law enforcement agency.

NOP recalls that fitness expert had also revealed that he returned from the police station where he was interrogated based on the controversial footage.

VeryDarkMan had wore a police uniform and introduced himself as the “chief superintendent of police (CSP) of the online division”.

In reaction, the police said it would launch an investigation to determine the source of the police gear used and the authority under which the activist acted.