Activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has come under scrutiny after alleging that N180 million was stolen from his NGO account following a hack.

Otse, in a video shared on Instagram on Friday, claimed the funds were diverted into an unknown account, leaving only N20 million behind.
According to the activist, the stolen money was part of donations received for his NGO, the Martins Vincent Osei Initiative, which he launched in October. The NGO had raised over N35 million within hours of its launch, with an additional N100 million contributed by music producer Don Jazzy.
However, social media users have questioned the credibility of Otse’s explanation.

A user, @olamideofficial queried, “VeryDarkMan said 180 million naira is missing because his NGO website was hacked. Is the money on the website or in his bank account? Someone should enlighten us, abeg.”

@Itzbasito said, “VeryDarkMan said N180m is missing from the N200m donation for his NGO. See scope o, like say we be primary school students.”

@Hybrid_Ola added, “VeryDarkMan said 180 million naira is missing from his NGO account. He made a video with a police officer saying the NGO account was hacked and they are trying to track the hackers. At least this is better than saying a snake swallowed the money.”

Critics also noted his previous critical stance on others. @lil_maamiiii wrote,
“If it were someone else sharing this VeryDarkMan story, by now he would have set his ring light, with his dirty sachet water and black singlet analyzing God knows what. Lmaooo.”

@Pweshiouz13 stated, “It would have been better if VeryDarkMan told us a snake swallowed the money than this story he is telling us. N180M just disappeared like that as a result of so-called hackers?”

@BRILLIANT_ARIN also expressed doubt: “VeryDarkMan said they hacked and stole 180m from his NGO website lmao. That’s a familiar method: set camera and blow up then begin to use foolish scope for the fools who are their stan/audience.”

@victor_onyibest stated, “Una don finally see opportunity wey una go take drag VeryDarkMan. Even people wey no contribute 1 naira dey ask for explanation.”