Popular Nigerian influencer Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, has been arrested in Abuja by officers of the Nigeria Police Force, reportedly on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank). His lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, confirmed the arrest on Friday.
According to Adeyanju, the arrest took place in Area 3, Abuja, following VeryDarkMan’s public outcry over suspicious debits from his mother’s GTBank account—deductions allegedly made in the name of loan repayments she never took.
“My client’s only ‘offence’ was speaking up,” Adeyanju told SaharaReporters. “He simply questioned why his mother’s account was being repeatedly debited for loans she didn’t collect.”
Before his arrest, VeryDarkMan had taken to social media to call attention to what he described as unjust and unexplained deductions. In a video now circulating online, he explained how he and his mother had visited a GTBank branch in Abuja to demand a breakdown of the transactions and request a copy of her bank statement.
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“This year alone, my mom has been debited multiple times—different amounts—all labelled as loan repayments,” he said. “We asked for her full statement so we can track when this started. Thankfully, GTBank staff have been cooperative so far.”
This incident is not isolated. Earlier this month, on April 14, SaharaReporters also reported the case of Ariyo Ahmed Adewale, a Lagos resident who accused GTBank of ordering his arrest after he protested inside their Kosofe branch over the alleged disappearance of over ₦2 million from his account.
According to Ariyo, the bank claimed the money was spent via online purchases on Jumia—a claim he flatly denied.
“I have never used Jumia,” Ariyo said. “My debit card was with me. My phone was with me. No one else had access to anything. But the money kept disappearing.”
He said the bank initially resisted giving him a full account statement. Officers from the Alapere police station later advised him to lodge a formal complaint and get his lawyer involved.
As questions continue to pile up about GTBank’s handling of customer accounts and complaints, both cases have sparked outrage online, with many Nigerians demanding transparency from financial institutions and accountability from law enforcement.
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