VeryDarkMan

Social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan.

Social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has cleared the air over the reason for his invitation to the ongoing 2026 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association.

VeryDarkMan stated this on Tuesday while he spoke as a panellist at the conference in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

In his remarks, VeryDarkMan cautioned that while he wasn’t a professional who was invited to lecture the law professionals on legal matters, he believes his wealth of experience covering insecurity issues in the country could speak for him.

“There has been a lot of debate about why I was invited to this NBA conference. I’m not here to teach you people law; I’m here to share experience,” he said.

“This is not a topic of ‘may I, my lord’ because your lords are being kidnapped,” he stated, as he recalled an incident of the reported abduction of a judge travelling from Sokoto State, whom he said was kidnapped in Kebbi on July 26 and remained in captivity for about a week before being released.

He criticised media organisations for not making enough coverage of the killings perpetrated by these assailants.

“When the killings happened, our media are now lazy, and they do not really cover these killings and the results of these unknown gunmen,” he said.

Speaking on the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, which allegedly left more than 200 people dead and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, VeryDarkMan claimed,

“I was the first respondent at Yelwata. I was also the first respondent when some women were killed some time ago. I’ve seen blood and seen people burnt alive.

“In Yelwata, it was Fulani that attacked. It was a retaliation because a Fulani boy was killed and these guys came back to attack.”

According to a prosecution witness at the Federal High Court in Abuja in February 2026, some disgruntled Fulani chiefs sponsored over 200 armed men wielding AK-47 rifles to carry out the Yelwata attack.

Witness Moses Paul, a team leader with the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, testified in the trial of nine suspects charged in connection with the attack in the state.