Very Dark Man claims N180m donated to his NGO account has been stolen by hackers

Social media critic Martins Vincent Otse, aka Very Dark Man, has claimed that the sum of N180 million donated into his NGO account has been stolen by hackers.

Very Dark Man, in a post shared on his Instagram page on Friday, said that he has been left distraught after a hacker gained access to his NGO’s account and diverted the sum of N180 million.

He explained that in order to prevent more vulnerabilities, the NGO’s app had been temporarily taken down for maintenance, and one of the suspects has been arrested by law enforcement agents.

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VDM said, “For the past few days, I’ve not been myself. I am here with Officer Joe, and we are going to Jos. NGO money—somebody stole the money. Somebody hacked into the NGO website, and I don’t know how they did it. N180 million is missing, but thank God we have tracked the person, and we are on our way to Jos.

“They have arrested one person, and that is why I’m even saying it now. I’m excited, and the account has been put on PND. The account now has N20 million, while N160 million has been diverted to another account. We are currently going there to see how we can get the money back. I just want to update you people.

“I even had to shut down the app and put it on maintenance so that people will not really see what is going on, but let me just come out plain and tell everyone what is going on. Hopefully, we will get the money back.”

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