Social media critic VeryDarkMan, whose real name is Martin Vincent Ortse, says he is unfazed after losing more than 13,000 Instagram followers over his involvement in the P-Square family feud.
The dispute involves twins Peter and Paul Okoye and their older brother and former manager, Jude Okoye. In an Instagram video posted on August 10, VDM reacted after a friend told him a blog had reported the drop in his followers.
Rather than apologise, he laughed. “13,000 people. I thought I would have lost about 1 million by now, or 2 million,” he said.
He added: “Then I asked myself a question: what are the 13,000 people doing for me? I do more for you. I tell you what’s happening. I create awareness for you. I help most of you. … all of you.”
VDM also dared followers to leave, comparing the situation to 2023, when coordinated unfollows apparently made him more influential.
“Do you know that if by mistake you people are not able to beat me, I become more powerful and more influential? It happened in 2023… I became more influential every other time that you gathered against me,” he said.
In his Instagram caption, he mocked the backlash, writing: “13,000 13 thousand people have unfollowed me so far……Nigerians I am sorry, I made a terrible mistake, forgive me, 13 thousand people that have been giving me promotions and advertising, I am sorry.”
He added: “If 1 million no unfollow me then una never reach.” And: “Same verydarkman when ban blogs from posting him….make gossipmill, instablog and Lindaikeji post my videos then you go understand…….I DONT NEED THAT PUBLICITY BABY I AM god.”
Earlier, INTELNEWS reported that VDM withdrew from the P-Square saga, accusing Peter of trying to use him. He blamed Jude 40% and Peter, his wife and others for the remaining 60%, saying Peter never confided in him and that the matter was closed.
