The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Nyanya, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained a social media activist, Martins Otse, well known as VeryDarkMan, from making further defamatory publications against gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo.
Chinwo had sued Verydarkman over alleged defamatory statements he made on social media, which she claimed were not only false but also damaging to her public image and reputation.
In suit number FCT/HC/GWD/CV/39/2025 and motion number FCT/HC/NY/M/1371/2025, filed through her legal team led by Henry Eni-Otu, Chinwo prayed the court to restrain VeryDarkMan from further posting, publishing, sharing, circulating, disseminating, or broadcasting any information, statements, or comments against her on social media.
While delivering the ruling on the motion ex-parte filed on March 11, 2025, the presiding judge, Justice Aliyu Shafa, held that “It is hereby ordered as follows: that the defendant/respondent (VDM) is hereby restrained, either by himself, his servants, privies, cohorts, representatives, or any person deriving authority from the defendant, from further posting, publishing, sharing, circulating, disseminating, or broadcasting through any social media platform or any electronic means any information, statement, or comment whatsoever in respect of or against the claimant/applicant, or on any issue relating to the subject matter of this suit, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
The court fixed March 25, 2025, for the hearing.
