VeryDarkMan, the controversial activist, has apologised to Femi Falana over his recent disparaging remarks against the human rights lawyer.
The social media influencer offered an apology to the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Monday.
He spoke while testifying before the house of representatives committee on financial crimes and refamatory institutions.
The influencer was invited over allegations of bribery levelled against officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).
“Some people are taking advantage of what is going on to target Femi Falana,” the fitness guru said.
“Here, I apologise to him for the dent to his name. It’s so sad that his name was inside that audio. I couldn’t believe as well; that is the part that irritated me more when I said I refuse to believe that he is a party to something like that.”
The apology came nearly a week after he shared an audio conversation wherein Bobrisky, the social media celebrity, claimed that Falana and his son Falz helped drop the money laundering charges against her by the EFCC.
In the recording, Bobrisky alleged that she spoke with Falz in prison and that the rapper and his dad “tried to get me a presidential pardon in exchange for N10,000,000″.
Responding to the allegation on Wednesday, Falana described it as a “vicious and reckless” attempt to “impugn my reputation”.
The SAN also issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Abuja-based activist to retract his statement or face legal action.
Falz also demanded a retraction from VeryDarkMan.
In his reaction, VeryDarkMan, through Deji Adeyanju, his legal representative, denied putting out a defamatory statement against the human rights lawyer.
The activist clarified that releasing the voice recordings was to prompt a thorough investigation into Bobrisky’s allegations, not to defame Falana.
VeryDarkMan, however, did not apologise or retract the statement as requested, arguing that nobody was defamed.
Folakemi Falana, the daughter of Falana, had earlier revealed they would take the activist to court for alleged defamation.
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