Social media commentator, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, has publicly distanced himself from allegations circulating in a viral video claiming he sponsored a religious narrative aimed at inciting tension between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria.

In the video, a young man was seen being questioned and assaulted after reportedly entering a mosque to pray.

Reacting to the allegations, VDM said: “In this video, it is said that the young man sitting on the ground walked into a mosque to pray and due to his movement in the mosque they suspected him for something because he didn’t fit in and so they took him outside the mosque for questioning and because he wasn’t speaking they decided to beat him up.

“While they were beating him, he confessed that he is a Christian that is being sponsored by Deeper Life Bible Church, the Christian Association of Nigeria and lastly myself, (Verydarkman).

“He said that he and others are heavily sponsored by Verydarkman to create unrest and push narrative and agenda that Christians are being kpai by Muslims.

“I will like to clarify that these allegations are NOT true. l have never met the young man in my life, I have never sponsored a religious propaganda or narrative in my life.

“I will never do anything that will cause mayhem or anything that will lead to loss of lives.

“Lastly, I am giving one million Naira to anyone that can give me a useful information about the man in the video.”

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