More troubles for controversial social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse better known as Verydarkman (VDM) as he gets slammed with a lawsuit for criminal defamation against the reputation of famous gospel since, Mercy Chinwo.

The Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, on March 5, 2025, summoned the controversial personality and demanded that he appear in court to defend allegations brought against him by Mercy Chinwo.

In an exclusive, OSG saw the court documents used to file the N1bn defamation lawsuit against VDM. Osg recalls reporting when the controversial social media personality had gotten involved in Mercy Chinwo and Eezee Tee’s case.

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He shared a series of videos on his Instagram handle sharing his thoughts about the court case and contract issues involving the gospel singer and her former record label boss, Eezee Tee Concepts.

VDM given seven days to appear in court

In the court summons dated March 5, 2025, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the defendant, VDM, to appear in person before the court on March 13, 2025, to answer the charges levelled against them by the complainant, Chinwo.

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The criminal summons stemmed from alleged defamatory statements made by VDM on social media, accusing Chinwo of involvement in a contractual dispute and the purported diversion of $345,000 linked to her former record label boss, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, also known as Eezee Tee.

Below are the exclusive court documents received by OSG: