Charge me to court, VeryDarkMan challenges police over checkpoint kidnapping claims

Social media activist Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, has declared he will not submit evidence to the police for his claims that security personnel facilitate kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria. When invited by the Nigeria Police Force to present his evidence, Otse stated he would submit it in court instead. "I'm not going to be giving the police my evidence," he said in a video posted on Instagram.

The police described the allegations as serious, unsubstantiated, and damaging to the institution, vowing to investigate any evidence provided. Reacting to the police's invitation, Otse challenged them to charge him to court if they believed he committed an offence. He accused security agencies of aiding insecurity and questioned the spending on security measures, stating, "How much is your budget to battle insecurity?

How much is your budget?" Otse also criticized Nigerians for defending security agencies despite routinely criticizing them over insecurity. He acknowledged the poor welfare of police officers and urged the government to improve working conditions to strengthen security. The activist, who previously accused the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in Zone 2 Command, Moshood Jimoh, of corruption, reiterated his allegations and expressed readiness to face the police in court.