Popular singer and son of Legendary Afrobeats icon, Fela, Seun Kuti, has reacted to the ongoing controversy surrounding the arrest of social media critic, VeryDarkMan (VDM).
Seun recently revealed that VDM’s arrest is simply a reflection of systemic abuse of power in Nigeria.
Speaking out via a video he posted on his Instagram page, Seun said that he has already reached out to the activist’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, and he told him that the arrest was because of the recent dispute involving a Gospel singer VDM had previously slammed over alleged financial misconduct.
According to him, Nigeria can never be great again with government officials deciding to keep ganging themselves up in the office like a cult, and the fact that the social media critic got arrested just like that is proof that we really have a long way to go as a nation.
Seun disclosed that churches are no different as well, so if Nigerians have made up their minds to boycott GTB amid the controversy surrounding his arrest, they should not forget to boycott churches too.
“I don’t know if anyone knows what is going on, but I’ve spoken to his lawyer and he said it has something to do with a gospel singer whom VDM had been talking about concerning funds. I don’t even want to mention the person’s name.
How is it possible that what happened to VDM happened? How does something like this happen? This is why Nigeria can never better good, go to any government office and you’d see that they gang themselves up in the office like a cult. Churches are literally the same, so as you people want to boycott gtbank, boycott churches too,” he said.
The singer then hinted that GTBank might have even been used ahead of his capture, and his mother’s bank account issues could have been orchestrated.
“I’m sure the bank was called and told to hold VDM hostage there so they could arrest him. Maybe that’s why his mother’s bank account has issues, to lure him in.
Nigerians need to know that this thing is beyond just vdm, for people to be able to use institutions for personal use is crazy,” he added.
On the 2nd of May, 2025, VeryDarkMan was arrested at a GTBank branch in Abuja after accompanying a friend. His lawyer, Adeyanju eventually confirmed the incident, stating, “This is absolutely unacceptable. Demanding accountability is not a crime.”
