Nigeria, March 15 -- The legal battle between gospel singer Mercy Chinwo and social media activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), continues to escalate. VDM's lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, describes the defamation lawsuit as "a complete joke."

PREMIUM TIMES reported on 3 March that Mercy's legal team filed a N1.1 billion defamation suit against VDM at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). They accused the online critic of making false and damaging statements online regarding her and her former manager, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, also known as EeZee Tee.

Reacting to the lawsuit on 6 March, Mr Adeyanju, who also serves as VDM's legal counsel, ridiculed the claims in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating that ...