By Bukola Kayode
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has stated that it has not received any complaint or investigating the alleged disappearance of ₦180 million from the account of a Non-Governmental Organisation founded by social media commentator Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan.
FCT Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, was quoted by The Punch as saying the command was not investigating the case which has created ripples online.
“The FCT Police Command is not aware of any case involving VDM’s missing funds and is not conducting any investigation into it. The individual in question should be contacted to clarify where the matter was reported, as there is no record of such a case with the FCT Police Command”, Adeh was quoted as saying.
VeryDarkMan has come under fire over his disclosure that his NGO’s website was hacked and N180 million was stolen.
VDM as he is also known took to Tiktok to announce that he is on his way to Jos with a policeman to arrest a person who had been traced for hacking his NGO website and stealing money.
He said in the viral video: “I’ve not been myself these past few days. Somebody hacked into the NGO website, and N180 million is missing. Thankfully, we’ve tracked the person, and one suspect has been arrested.
“The account is now on PND (Post No Debit). There’s N20 million left, while N160 million was diverted. We’re heading to Jos to recover the money.”
VDM also said the NGO’s app was temporarily shut down for maintenance to prevent further breaches and assured followers that updates on the recovery efforts would follow.
In his reaction, an X user with the name Egwi @Ssaasquatch said: “I’m all for making charitable donations but you have yourself to blame for donating money to a character like Verydarkman“.
Popular X personality Dami Foreign, using the TheDamiForeign handle also said, “If na me be don jazzy, I go tell VeryDarkMan make e refund my 100million”.
Another popular X social media personality, Solomon Buchi @Solomon_Buchi said, “Imagine how VeryDarkMan would react if someone else claimed that their NGO’s account was hacked and 180m stolen? I’m still imagining”.
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