GTBank Orders VDM’s Arrest For Complaining About Alleged Unauthorised Debits
GTBank, a commercial bank registered in Nigeria and notorious for arresting journalists and social media users, has again being embroiled in a fitscuff with the arrest of popular social media influencer, Martins Osei popularly known as VeryDarkMan.
You will recall that OSUN DEFENDER reported the arrest and subsequent docking of four journalists on spurious charges ordered by the Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Segun Agbaje, but were later dismissed by the court in March 2025.
On April 14, the medium also reported how a customer of the financial institution, Ariyo Ahmed Adewale accused Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) of orchestrating his arrest after he staged a protest inside one of its Lagos branches over the alleged disappearance of funds from his account.
Ariyo said he had gone to the GTBank branch in the Kosofe area of Lagos to demand answers after discovering unauthorised transactions exceeding ₦2 million had been carried out on his account. He claimed the transactions were linked to the online shopping platform Jumia — a service he maintains he has never used.
It was gathered that VDM was arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of GTBank, following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account.
Confirming the arrest to reporters on Friday, Deji Adeyanju, legal counsel for VeryDarkMan, said officers of the Nigeria Police Force apprehended his client at Area 3, Abuja.
The arrest was reportedly initiated by GTBank after VeryDarkMan made complaints about repeated debits from his mother’s account in the name of loan repayments.
Adeyanju said, “My client, VeryDarkMan, was arrested today in Abuja by the Nigerian police. His only offence was speaking out about suspicious and repeated debits from his mother’s GTBank account for loans she never took.”
Earlier, VeryDarkMan took to his social media platforms to express his concerns about multiple deductions from his mother’s account.
In a post that has since gone viral, he revealed that they visited a GTBank branch in Abuja to demand an explanation and obtain a copy of her bank statement.
“Myself and my mom just arrived at GTBank to get an explanation for the constant debit from her account by GTBank in the name of loan repayments that she never took. In this year alone, see the amount of times she has been debited with different amounts,” he wrote.
“We have requested her bank statements so we know when the debiting started. So far, in this year alone, there have been more than seven debits on loan repayments. GTBank staff are cooperating—hopefully, we’ll know why they keep doing this.”
As at the time of filing this report, the bank is yet to react to the latest development.
Sodiq Yusuf is a trained media practitioner and journalist with considerable years of experience in print, broadcast, and digital journalism. His interests cover a wide range of causes in politics, governance, sports, community development, and good governance.
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