{
  "id": 3299824,
  "title": "Military, police, immigration are unknown gunmen in Nigeria — VeryDarkMan alleges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/military-police-immigration-are-unknown-gunmen-in-nigeria-verydarkman",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T16:23:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/25/military-police-immigration-are-unknown-gunmen-in-nigeria-verydarkman-alleges/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Critics argue that Nigeria's military, immigration, and customs officials are responsible for the country's ongoing insecurity. VeryDarkMan, a social media commentator, made this claim during the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association's Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He refuted the notion that there are \"unknown gunmen\" operating without detection, instead attributing the problem to security personnel. VeryDarkMan pointed out that police checkpoints cause increased kidnappings along major routes like the Lagos to Abuja highway because officers can identify and target individuals based on their wealth and class. He claims that military and immigration officials also act as \"unknown gunmen,\" suggesting that there is no mystery behind the violence in Nigeria, merely a lack of accountability among security forces.",
  "summary": "Social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has accused Nigerian security operatives of being the ‘unknown gunmen’ causing insecurity in Nigeria. VeryDarkMan made the allegation on Tuesday while speaking at the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Annual General Conference, AGC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He alleged that there were no unknown gunmen anywhere,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Nigeria's military, immigration, and customs officials are accused of causing insecurity.",
    "VeryDarkMan claims police checkpoints increase kidnappings due to targeting based on wealth.",
    "Security forces, not unknown gunmen, are blamed for violence in Nigeria, according to VeryDarkMan."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}