Following claimed defamatory remarks posted on his web page, media superstar Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, higher generally known as Nedu Wazobia, has served social media critic Martin Vincent Otse, generally generally known as VeryDarkMan, with a pre-action discover.
On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, VeryDarkMan posted a 12-minute video on his YouTube and Instagram profiles that, in keeping with the attorneys for Nedu and Tokindrumz Image and Media Ltd, contained “a number of defamatory, false, and disparaging assaults and rhetoric” in opposition to their shoppers.
They described the video, titled: “How Nedu Diverted NGO Scholarship Meant for Nigerians”, as false.
In addition they made it clear that Nedu is a expertise below the Tokindrumz model, not the corporate’s proprietor. When comic and actuality character DeeOne acknowledged on the Trustworthy Bunch podcast that VeryDarkMan (VDM) had slept with males, the uproar began.
VDM responded by accusing Nedu of planning these accusations and naming the ladies Nedu allegedly had intercourse with. Nedu finally resigned from his function as one of many podcast’s hosts on account of this dispute.
The Nedu Scholarship Basis (NDSCHF) was additionally charged by VDM with scamming an NGO that needed to collaborate with Nedu.
In a letter dated February 24, Nedu’s counsel claimed that VDM posted a video on his social media pages “which contained a number of defamatory, false and disparaging assaults and rhetorics in opposition to our shoppers”.
In reference to the NGO situation, the letter acknowledged that Nedu’s group had petitioned the police, claiming that the “police investigation discovered no official case in opposition to Nedu, and the matter didn’t progress to courtroom.”
They demanded that VDM situation a public apology, pay N500 million in damages, and take away all movies that includes the media character inside 24 hours.
“The remainder of the video included you uttering related false narratives and defamatory remarks that you just acknowledged within the earlier video. Identical was achieved within the different 2 movies you may have posted regarding my Consumer and this Fraud situation,” the letter reads.
It added, “Your steady and relentless makes an attempt to defame Nedu and Tokindrumz and tarnish their good and revered names are each unwarranted and damaging. Let or not it’s clearly acknowledged: Our Shoppers didn’t commit fraud in opposition to MSBM.
“In view of the above-stated info with supporting paperwork, we now have directions to solicit for the next choices: a retraction of each video involving Nedu on each one in every of your platforms inside 24 hours of receiving this discover.
“A public apology, revealed on each one in every of your platforms inside 24 hours of receiving this discover and the sum of N500,000,000 (5 Hundred Million Naira) for injury to status prompted.
“Take discover, the place you render settlement inevitable, we now have additional directions to hunt the next reliefs by submitting an motion in opposition to you.
“If you are free to train your constitutionally assured basic proper to expression, such proper needs to be used justly and thoroughly. You’re solely allowed to disseminate credible and factual info and never baseless accusations made to break the status of any citizen. We hope that you just tackle the problems raised.”
Acknowledging the discover in a video shared on his Instagram web page, VeryDarkMan knowledgeable his followers to arrange for the courtroom case.
“Nedu’s attorneys have served me o, so make una prepare for courtroom case,” he mentioned.
