THE NATION
Questions have trailed social critic, Martins Vincent Otse a.k.a. Very Dark Man’s claim that the sum of N180 million was stolen from his account after his NGO website was breached by hackers.
A number of Nigerians had donated money to Otse in October following his announcement that he was launching an NGO, including the sum of N100 million donated by popular music producer, Don Jazzy.
Two months after the NGO was launched, VDM (VeryDarkMan) claimed on Instagram yesterday that only N20 million was left in the said account while the sum of N180 million had been stolen.
Otse said in an Instagram video he posted yesterday: “I would be honest with you guys. For the past few days, I have not been myself. Somebody hacked into the NGO website and I don’t know how they did it.
“N180 million is missing. Thankfully, we’ve tracked the person, and we are on our way to Jos. They have arrested one. The account has been put on PND (Post No Debit). The account now has N20 million.”
Many Nigerians are, however, asking questions across social media accounts.
One of them, Pamilerin Adegoke, said: “VeryDarkMan said N160m is missing because his NGO site was hacked. Today, we heard he bought Mercedes Benz AMG. My question is: is the money inside a bank account opened for the NGO or is the money on the website? Please explain to us like a Primary 2 pupil…
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