ALLEGED DEFAMATION: OAP Nedu serves Very Dark Man notice of N500m lawsuit

Nigerian radio personality, broadcast journalist, TV presenter, actor, comedian, and content creator, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, known as Nedu Wazobia, has served social media critic Martins Otse, aka Very Dark Man, with notice of a N500 million lawsuit over alleged defamation.

Recall that trouble started when comedian and reality star DeeOne claimed on the Honest Bunch podcast that Very Dark Man had s3xual intercourse with males.

Very Dark Man reacted to the claims made by DeeOne by accusing Nedu Wazobia of planning the accusations and disclosing their private exchanges in public domain.

The controversial social media critic also accused Nedu Wazobia of s3xual exploitation, claiming that he had told him (Nedu) about women he had reportedly slept with.

Nedu Wazobia has now replied to Very Dark Man in a lawsuit filed by his lawyers dated February 24 in which they claimed that the social media critic posted a video on his social media pages “which contained a host of defamatory, false, and disparaging attacks and rhetorics against our client.”

Nedu’s lawyer insisted that Very Dark Man issue a public apology, pay N500 million in damages, and remove any recordings featuring the media celebrity within 24 hours. According to the letter, there will be more legal action taken if you do not comply.

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The suit filed by Nedu’s attorneys reads thus in full: “The rest of the video included you uttering similar false narratives and defamatory remarks that you stated in the previous video. The same was done in the other 2 videos you have posted relating to my client and this fraud issue,” the letter reads.

“Your continuous and relentless attempts to defame Nedu and Tokindrumz and tarnish their good and respected names are both unwarranted and damaging. Let it be clearly stated: Our clients did not commit fraud against MSBM.

“In view of the above stated facts with supporting documents, we have instructions to solicit for the following options: a retraction of every video involving Nedu on every one of your platforms within 24 hours of receiving this notice.

“A public apology, published on every one of your platforms within 24 hours of receiving this notice, and the sum of N500,000,000 (Five Hundred Million Naira) for damage to reputation caused.

“Take notice, where you render settlement inevitable, we have further instructions to seek the following reliefs by filing an action against you.

“While you are free to exercise your constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right to expression, said right should be used justly and carefully. You are only allowed to disseminate credible and factual information and not baseless accusations made to damage the reputation of any citizen. We hope that you address the issues raised.”

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