Lagos State High Court has ordered controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to remove defamatory comments and videos pertaining to lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin better known as Falz.
Justice M. O. Dawodu delivered the ruling on Monday in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024.
According to Dawodu, the publications made by VeryDarkMan on his social media accounts on September 24, 2024, linking Bobrisky to Falz and his father were defamatory and injurious to their public image.
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“According to the applicants (Falz and Falana), the defendant (VeryDarkMan) knew these statements (Bobrisky’s claims) were false and untrue but proceeded to publish them to injure their reputation.
“Furthermore, the defamatory statements are still trending on the defendant (VeryDarkMan)’s several online platforms and the injury to their reputation continues as long as the publication remains online,” the statement reads