Nigerian rapper, Falz breaks his silence regarding the defamation case he filed against social media personality VeryDarkMan (VDM).
The case is based on claims made by VDM that Falz and his father, well-known human rights attorney Femi Falana (SAN), assisted well-known transvestite Bobrisky in dropping money laundering charges.
In a recent Afrobeats Podcast episode, Falz talked about his chat with Verydarkman following the latter’s posting of the widely shared video that contained the libellous allegations. Falz clarified that VDM was defensive from the beginning, even though he tried to handle the situation calmly.
“This guy was instantly defensive from the beginning; I’m like bro, try and listen. What are you instantly fighting about? And he said to me, without mincing words, ‘shebi you’re a lawyer; go to court,’” Falz recounted.
Falz also revealed that he had the option to pursue criminal charges for defamation but chose not to. “I’ll have you know that there’s a criminal angle to defamation, and I chose not to go that way. He could have very well been arrested. What you’ve posted is a load of bollocks, absolutely false, and I need you to take it down and offer an apology within a certain amount of time, and what did he do? Nothing.”
The rapper voiced his annoyance at the disrespect shown to his father, Femi Falana, a lawyer who is well-known for standing up for the underprivileged, in addition to the unfounded allegations.
“I no dey find trouble Baba, I dey my dey. You set your ring light and begin dey talk all this nonsense about me, and you expect me to sit down? He trampled on everything my father stood for, sticking out his neck for the oppressed. So this level of disrespect? See our people say that any child who says his mother would not sleep, he himself would not sleep,” Falz said passionately.
“If you say you want to find trouble, trouble is my work. If you say that’s what you’re looking for, let’s go,” he added.
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Published by Ejoh Caleb
