Nigeria, May 4 -- Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticized the arrest of social media activist Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), calling the operation disturbing and damaging to national trust.

Recall that VDM was arrested Friday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) shortly after visiting a GTBank branch in Abuja to report suspicious withdrawals from his mother's account.

His lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, confirmed the detention.

In a statement Sunday, Obi acknowledged the legal authority of security agencies but condemned the execution of the arrest, which he described as a forceful and opaque operation that "closely resembled an abduction."

"This kind of ...