The Lagos State High Court has ordered controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, a.k,a. VeryDarkMan, to remove defamatory comments and videos relating to lawyer and human rights activist Femi Falana (SAN) and his musician son, Folarin (Falz).
The court also ordered the social media activist to pay N500 million to the duo for libel, as stated in the pre-action bundle of the judgment.
Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the ruling in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024 on Tuesday.
According to him, the publications made by VeryDarkMan on his social media pages on September 24, linking Bobrisky to Falz and his father were defamatory and injurious to their public image.
Dawodu stated, “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.”
