After claiming that N180 million was taken from his non-profit account due to a hack, activist Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has come under fire.
In a video posted on Instagram on Friday, Otse stated that only N20 million remained after the money was transferred to an unidentified account.
Verydarkman just opened an NGO account with the goal of assisting public secondary schools by way of the NYSC program.
The activist claims that the stolen funds came from donations made to his non-governmental organization, the Martins Vincent Osei Initiative, which he founded in October, and which raised over N35 million in only a few hours after its start, with music producer Don Jazzy contributing an additional N100 million.
In a startling development, Verydarkman disclosed that hackers had gained access to his NGO account.
Verydarkman also claims that since the incident, he has not been himself and disclosed that one suspect has been taken into custody in relation to the hacking.
“I haven’t been myself for the past few days, and it hasn’t been easy because the NGO was hacked. One suspect has been taken into custody,” he said.
Reaction from netizens…..
Hope Raymond remarked,âI told one of my friends something like this will happen he said vdm is a saint and nothing will happen to the moneyđâ.
Promise Paul wrote, âIf you want to blow for naija,just master how to work on peopleâs emotionsâ.
Prince Nnmadi queried, âWhy do u still keep that money in the account without using them as is coming in?.Your notice me is too much, this guy am allways the look u with my 1 eyeâ.
Okechukwu Victor, âHow did u track the person so easily?? If u see cooked up story, u go know đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł
A user, @olamideofficial queried, âVeryDarkMan said 180 million naira is missing because his NGO website was hacked. Is the money on the website or in his bank account? Someone should enlighten us, abeg.â
@Itzbasito said, âVeryDarkMan said N180m is missing from the N200m donation for his NGO. See scope o, like say we be primary school students.â
@Hybrid_Ola added, âVeryDarkMan said 180 million naira is missing from his NGO account. He made a video with a police officer saying the NGO account was hacked and they are trying to track the hackers. At least this is better than saying a snake swallowed the money.â
Critics also noted his previous critical stance on others. @lil_maamiiii wrote,
âIf it were someone else sharing this VeryDarkMan story, by now he would have set his ring light, with his dirty sachet water and black singlet analyzing God knows what. Lmaooo.â
@Pweshiouz13 stated, âIt would have been better if VeryDarkMan told us a snake swallowed the money than this story he is telling us. N180M just disappeared like that as a result of so-called hackers?â
@BRILLIANT_ARIN also expressed doubt: âVeryDarkMan said they hacked and stole 180m from his NGO website lmao. Thatâs a familiar method: set camera and blow up then begin to use foolish scope for the fools who are their stan/audience..