A combined picture of Gtbank logo and Verydarkman
By Victory Oghene
One of Nigeria’s leading banks, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has allegedly ordered the arrest of social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan in Abuja following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account.
Confirming the arrest on Friday, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, legal counsel for VeryDarkMan, said operatives of thr Economic and Financial Crimes Commission apprehended his client at Area 3, Abuja.
The arrest was reportedly initiated by GTBank after VeryDarkMan made complaints about repeated debits from his mother’s account in the name of loan repayments.
Adeyanju said: “My client, VeryDarkMan, was arrested today in Abuja by the EFCC. His only offence was speaking out about suspicious and repeated debits from his mother’s GTBank account for loans she never took.”
Earlier, VeryDarkMan took to his social media platforms to express his concerns about multiple deductions from his mother’s account.
In a post that has since gone viral, he disclosed that they visited a GTBank branch in Abuja to demand an explanation and obtain a copy of her bank statement.
“Myself and my mom just arrived at GTBank to get an explanation for the constant debit from her account by GTBank in the name of loan repayments that she never took. In this year alone, see the amount of times she has been debited with different amounts,” he wrote.
“We have requested her bank statements so we know when the debiting started. So far, in this year alone, there have been more than seven debits on loan repayments. GTBank staff are cooperating—hopefully, we’ll know why they keep doing this.”
Dismissing VeryDarkMan’s allegetions, Oyinade Adegite, Chief Communication Officer at Guaranty Trust Holding Company (“GTCO Plc”), said the bank did not order the arrest of VeryDarkMan.
“Its not true, The bank did not order the arrest of VeryDarkMan ” She told NATIONAL WAVES in a WhatsApp call on Saturday morning.
