Widespread social media critic and human rights activist Martins Ortse, popularly generally known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has denied allegations that he threatened the FCT minister, Nyesom Wile, following the revocation of possession of a landed property owned by the household of the late colonel Paul Osakpamwan Ogbebor.
The deceased was a civil conflict veteran and is touted as the primary Nigerian to be enrolled within the cadets after all 1 of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
On Wednesday, the Vanguard reported a public outcry by the household of the late conflict veteran over an alleged plot to demolish a N3.5 billion property in Abuja developed initially by Mr Ogbebor.
The administration of the 42-year-old property in Abuja additionally alleged the Federal Capital Growth Authority’s (FCDA) plan to demolish the property, regardless of its longstanding presence.
At a press briefing in Abuja, Vincent Enoghase, the property’s basic supervisor, revealed that the FCDA had issued a demolition discover, citing claims that the buildings have been dilapidated and uninhabitable.
Nevertheless, Mr Enoghase disputed these claims, stating that the household had been within the technique of securing the Certificates of Occupancy and Proper of Occupancy from the FCT administration.
He claimed that the household had already deposited ₦10 million of the required ₦42 million to finish the method.
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Nevertheless, the Senior Particular Adviser to the FCT Minister on Public Communication and Social Media, Olarere Olayinka, in a press release printed by The Punch, denied the allegations in opposition to his principal and requested these alleging land grabbing by the FCT Administration to indicate proof of land possession.
Mr Olayinka’s response was in response to VDM’s allegations that the FCT Minister had revoked the land titles to the Property and issued the identical to Saravera Nigeria Restricted and the Minority Chief and member of the Home of Representatives representing Obio/Akpor Constituency, Kingsley Chinda.
I’m harmless
The controversy started after a video claiming that Mr Wike revoked the Ogbebors’ household property, which was allotted in 1984, went viral.
Moreover, a WhatsApp broadcast the place VDM was accused of threatening the minister’s life surfaced on-line.
Responding to the claims in opposition to him, VDM took to his Instagram to refute them and make clear his stance. He affirmed that he makes use of his platform to advocate for justice for the oppressed.
“I didn’t threaten Nyesom Wike’s life. I’m not related to the WhatsApp broadcast making rounds,” he mentioned. Moreover, he acknowledged that he solely appealed to the minister: “I used to be interesting to the minister to rethink the land paperwork introduced by the household of late Colonel Paul Osakpamwan, a conflict veteran and the primary cadet of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) with code 001. All of the land paperwork allotted are real.”
The human rights activist clarified {that a} video he posted concerning the revoked land was edited and misrepresented:
“Somebody edited my video with a brand new caption, making it appear like I’m threatening him. Please, I’m not related to threatening anyone’s life; it’s not in my character or nature.”
He additional reaffirmed his dedication to utilizing his platform to help those that are unjustly handled, stressing that he does this nonviolently: “The one factor I did in that video was plead with the minister to evaluate the paperwork as a result of the household are the rightful homeowners of that land”.
He additionally adopted with one other submit with the caption, “At the moment reside at life camp by minister’s gate roundabout the place Nyesom wike has authorised bulldozers to hold out injustice.”
Extra allegations
Moreover, he implored high-ranking officers of the Nigerian army to rise to the event and defend the veteran in his absence: “ I’m calling on the eye of all army senior officers, majors, generals and co, will probably be a shame and a disgrace to the whole Nigeria armed forces in the event that they let Nyesom Wike do that to somebody as nice as Colonel Paul Ogbebor, the primary Nigerian CADET OF THE NDA CODE 001, a person that carried three bullet wounds from the civil conflict whereas sacrificing for Nigeria”
“I need all military, navy, and air power senior officers to know that tomorrow could be their flip. This land Nyesom Wike has been attempting to seize has been a authorized allocation doc since 1984, and from nowhere, Nyesom Wike has revoked it.”
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He additionally alleged that the minister had revoked the property on the premise of self-interest and has a member of the political elite as a co-conspirator “…and allotted the land to the corporate that’s allegedly managing his motels in Portharcourt; he additionally gave shares to Kingsley Chinda the chief of the minority within the Home of reps. That is injustice, and we are going to stand in opposition to it”, he concluded
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