The vacation FCT High Court on Tuesday presided over by Justice Nwosu Iheme in a case filed against popular youtuber, blogger and self proclaimed freedom fighter, Mr Martins Vincent Otse known as VeryDarkMan, operating on different social media platforms and Facebook meta platform.
The FCT vacation High Court on Tuesday in further court proceedings has granted an injunctive order of status quo in favour of Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Funfenyi. As the FCT High Court on Tuesday in it's proceedings restrained the above named VeryDarkMan from further libeling and any futher defamation vide internet videos and or publishing by Facebook, YouTube video any defamatory works against Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufenyi.
According to the statement of claim filed by prophet Jeremiah lead Counsel and lawyer, Joel karatu esq in July 2024, the claimant chronicled the various alleged libellous Facebook and social media publications made against him by very dark man.
The plaintiff lamented that the defamatory contents caused him incalculable damage and brought him to ridicule among members of his Church and business partners who are spread across the globe
in a case of alleged libel and defamation, prophet Jeremiah Fufenyi accused VeryDarkMan of operating on different social medial platforms of portraying him in bad lights.
In court processes dated July 2014, the plaintiff said
“The defendant has posted several cyberbullying and libel videos in which a significant number of it is defamatory to the personality of the plaintiff.”
To underscore the amount of pain the alleged libellous posts had caused him, the plaintiff lawyer said his client has “family members, Church members and friends who are active on social media, and brought his attention to the several defamatory posts against him by the defendant through VDM Facebook and other social media platform.”
He noted that although some of the allege posts are on VDM Facebook and social media , there exist others which he intends to tender before the court at trial.
The FCT High court heard the matter yesterday even after Ademola Oyedoku. Esq who appeared as legal counsel for VeryDarkMan undertaked and made a solemn promise to the fct high court,that VeryDarkMan known as VDM will cease from any further defaming the plaintiff or undermining the suit and proceedings before court.The court after hearing all parties, granted an injunctive status quo orders today and then adjourned to 12th august 2024 for definite hearing of all applications.