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Popular Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother's bank , News360 Nigeria

Confirming the arrest on Friday, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, legal counsel for VeryDarkMan, said officers of the Nigeria Police Force apprehended his client at Area 3, Abuja.

The arrest was reportedly initiated by GTBank after VeryDarkMan made complaints about repeated debits from his mother’s in the name of loan repayments.

Adeyanju said, “My client, VeryDarkMan, was arrested today in Abuja by the Nigerian police. His only offence was speaking out about suspicious and repeated debits from his mother’s GTBank for loans she never took.”

Earlier, VeryDarkMan took to his social media platforms to express his concerns about multiple deductions from his mother’s .

In a post that has since gone viral, he revealed that they visited a GTBank branch in Abuja to demand an explanation and obtain a copy of her bank statement.

“Myself and my mom just arrived at GTBank to get an explanation for the constant debit from her by GTBank in the name of loan repayments that she never took. In this year alone, see the amount of times she has been debited with different amounts,” he wrote.

“We have requested her bank statements so we know when the debiting started. So far, in this year alone, there have been more than seven debits on loan repayments. GTBank staff are cooperating—hopefully, we’ll know why they keep doing this.”

In a related incident reported by SaharaReporters on April 14, 2025, Ariyo Ahmed Adewale accused Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) of orchestrating his arrest after he staged a protest inside one of its Lagos branches over the alleged disappearance of funds from his .

Ariyo said he had gone to the GTBank branch in the Kosofe area of Lagos to demand answers after discovering unauthorised transactions exceeding ₦2 million had been carried out on his . He claimed the transactions were linked to the online shopping platform Jumia — a service he maintains he has never used.

"On Saturday, the 7th of last week, I discovered that N2,000,000 had been debited from my GTBank without my authorisation," Ariyo said.

"As soon as I noticed the transaction, I immediately called GTBank customer care to report the incident and request that my be blocked. Unfortunately, before they could act, the unauthorised transactions had already increased."

According to him, the bank claimed the transactions were made using his debit card on Jumia, but Ariyo disputed this.

"I have never used Jumia in my life. I didn’t authorise any purchases or payments, and my card was with me the entire time. My phone was also with me—nobody else had access to it,” he said.

To clarify things, he visited the GTBank branch in Kosofe to request a detailed statement.

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Are serious

But GTB is fond of debiting customers. One of my GTB s is #-7,200. I stopped using that because they finished the little money I kept there and they are still deducting. The is now in the negative. They have started doing same to my cooperate . They want to bankrupt my company

There will be serious trouble if VDM is not released in the next 24 hours

Person wey like this kain thing.

bennybuhari:
There will be serious trouble if VDM is not released in the next 24 hours

Dey play.

These people just want to expose their yansh, everyone knows banks in NAIJA aren't regulated so GTB go collect wotowoto

U stole money from someone acct n then still proceed to arrest d son of d person affected for speaking out. omo!!!shey hope dey fr dis country like dis?

I knew the guy cup will full very soon. VDM doesn't apply sense enough and he's fast dabbling into politics which the government in power won't overlook. His popularity is fast becoming a threat to the elites and the rulling party, as VDM has obviously taken side with the opposition. I advise VDM to leave politics and face social issue only.

Let's know what he's being charged with.

There is a big problem in this country

This una country

VeryDaftMumu don go buy market

bennybuhari:
There will be serious trouble if VDM is not released in the next 24 hours

How

say erin

Infoguy666:

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Princess Faith Chukwu

The BRM must be related to a police officer.
The illegal detention is to raise bail money for the police and silence the customer

Nawa o

The less cash one has in a single , the better for you

Nigerian Judiciary is an embarrassment to this nation...! Along with our law enforcement agents.


Why should the wealthy and privileged continue to use them as tools of oppression against the less privileged or average citizens?!!


Well... GTBank has messed up here.

This is terribly poor optics... Practically an ission of guilt.

In these times where banks are already having declining profits and reduction in client investments... Acquiring a negative image from a man of high influence like VDM is deeply unwise.

The bank can't come out looking good from this...! They should've just released a statement clarifying the complaint and addressing it, or simply called him privately to sort it out.

time to start boycotting GTBank if all they do is arrest and intimidate you with Police after complaining about illegal transactions on your .

I have tried to move my salary from GTB to Opay since last year. Unfortunately, my employer do not allow Digital banks for salary payment.

The day they allow OPay or Moniepoint for salary , many of these useless commercial banks will almost collapse.

GTB has become inefficient, annoying, fraudulent, proud, self-seeking, profit-by-any-means oriented and unreliable. So is Zenith Bank who made an illegal deduction of 20,000 on an I was not actively operating. I have left the like that since 2023. It will be there forever. I will not even dignify them with a visit or complaint. When they choose to reconcile their s, they will discover their gullibility.

Bleep you Tinimbum,
Bleep you Seyi Tinimbum,
Bleep you Efcc
Bleep you Nigerian Judicirya
Bleep you Nigerian poleci,
Bleep you APC,
Bleep you ronus,
Bleep you agbadorians.

I hate Nigeria!
I hate Nigeria!!
I hate Nigeria!!!

Infoguy666:

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Every Nigerian institution under this yoruba government is now acting very oppressively, arrogantly and with impunity.

This is what you get when arrogant and corrupt-minded people are in power.

Infoguy666:

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So long it’s not Govt that arrested him make una relax VDM is capable of giving them problem and exposing their corruption in banking sector dem go cry VDM has nothing to lose na bank go lose customers 🤣😂🤣

Why was he arrest? What did he did to them?

Cho cho cho go still end this one someday.

He must have scared the Bank staff to death that they had to call a police on me but banks in Nigeria are something else, Gt bank can still explain to me up till today where my over N400k is

Opening an with opay isn't a bad financial decision...

GTB f up

Bigchris01:
So long it’s not Govt that arrested him make una relax VDM is capable of giving them problem and exposing their corruption in banking sector dem go cry VDM has nothing to lose na bank go lose customers 🤣😂🤣

Dey play. GTB is a corporate organisation and not a political entity. They can't afford to let a nonentity like VDM ruin their brand reputation. He has allege, he should be ready to proof it in court.

bennybuhari:
There will be serious trouble if VDM is not released in the next 24 hours

People more popular than him are in detention and it didn't stop Tinubu from missing his dinner.