Nigerian rapper and son of Femi Falana, human rights activist, and lawyer, Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has spoken out about his defamation case against controversial self-acclaimed activist, Martin Vincent Otse aka VeryDarkMan.
Gatekeepers News reports that VeryDarkMan had on September 24, 2024, released a purported audio recording from the popular crossdresser turned transgender, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye aka Bobrisky alleging that the rapper and his father assisted her in dropping money laundering charges.
Falz subsequently denied the allegations and gave VDM 24 hours to retract and apologize.
Lagos High Court also ordered VDM on October 15, 2023, to retract his statements, but the social media personality refused.
Falz recounted his conversation with VeryDarkMan after he posted the defamatory claims.
The rapper further emphasised that he never had any issues with the self-acclaimed activist until he stepped on his father’s name.
He said, “This guy was instantly defensive from the beginning; I’m like bro, try and listen. What are you instantly fighting about? And he said to me, without minding words, ‘Shebi you’re a lawyer; go to court.”
“I’ll have you know that there’s a criminal angel to defamation, and I chose not to go that way. He could have very well been arrested. What you’ve posted is a load of bollocks, absolutely false and I need you to take it down and offer an apology within a certain amount of time and what did he do? Nothing.”
“I no dey find trouble Baba, I dey my dey. You set your ring light and begin dey talk all this nonsense about me, and you expect me to sit down? He trampled on every single thing my father stood for, sticking out his neck for the oppressed. So this level of disrespect ? See our people say that any child who says his mother would not sleep, he himself would not sleep.”
“So if you say you want to find trouble, trouble is my work; it’s my work. If you say that’s what you’re looking for, let’s go.”
