The Nigeria Police has described as inciting and attempt to breach public peace, a video posted by a popular social media influencer, Very Dark Man (VDM) in which he condemned the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for closing a drug market in Onitsha, Anambra State.

It would be recalled that in a viral video, VDM alleged that NAFDAC had engaged in fraudulent acts by closing the Onitsha drug and demanded shop owners to pay N700,000 each to have their business premesis opened

He also urged the shop owners to stop paying the fine, saying he was preparing to drag NAFDAC to court.

But reacting to the development on Monday, the Anambra State Police Command said VDM’s action was illegal, inciting and capable of causing brach of peace.

In a statement signed by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, Awka, the State Commissioner of Police urged residents to of the state to resist such people masquerading themselves as human rights activists and disassociate themselves from any act that threatens public peace.

The statement said- “This follows a trending video of one Mr Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as Verydarkman which the Command intercepted on 24th May 2025. In the video, Mr Martins was threatening to lead a protest against the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in the State.

“The Command while noting that the action of *NAFDAC* was in line with the Federal Government directives to conduct a raid operation to remove unregistered, expired, banned, diverted donated drugs, substandard, falsified, and illicit narcotics and controlled substances from the three major Open Drug Markets *(ODM)* in the country. Anambra State happened to be one of the States where the Enforcement took place. Meanwhile, the Command has taken necessary steps to escalate the complaints of the traders for the agency’s necessary action.

“However, further discussion by the Command and the leadership of the market revealed that the alleged action of Verydarkman was motivated by some persons in the market, as the Leadership distanced themselves from such and pledged to work with the relevant agencies to identify the defaulters among them.

“Furthermore, the Command while still waiting for Mr Harrison Gwamnishu to honour the Command’s invitation to provide answers on how five persons in transit through Anambra went missing while seeking accommodation in the State, intercepted another trending broadcast by the same Mr Harrison allegedly exposing an illegal detention facility in the State.

“In as much the video is not a recent development, the Police Command has since addressed the unprofessional conduct of these Security Operatives after assisting the Security agencies in apprehending suspects and keeping them in their offices without transferring them to the nearest Police facility. The Command has already emplaced measures to ensure that such does not happen again.

“Given the above, the Command observed that Mr Harrison and Mr Martins ignored every necessary channel including reaching out to the Commissioner of Police, and the Command Public Relations Officer to lay complaints of any kind, noted that the pattern of their action shows that it was a deliberate move to make some of our followers fault the efforts of the Police and other security agencies on the relative calm and enhanced safety the State has been experiencing. Their actions were, no doubt, aimed to bring reproach on the enthusiasm and commitment of *Ndi Anambra* to collaborate with the security agencies to fish out the bad eggs in the State.

“To this end, the State Police Command after a critical threat analysis based on the information and intelligent reports of these individuals’ actions to cause tension in the State as the intended protest could be hijacked by criminals to wreak havoc.

“The Command shall continue to live up to its Mandate of ensuring that no person or group of persons is allowed to infringe on the fundamental human rights of others, especially the rights to freedom of movement and the dignity of human persons.”

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