Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised social media commentator, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, over claims linking Kingsley Chinda to alleged land grabbing in Abuja.
Chinda, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, recently emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State ahead of the 2027 election.
In a video shared on his Facebook page on Friday, VeryDarkMan referred to a clip he had earlier posted on December 11, 2024, where he accused Wike of revoking an estate in the Life Camp area of the FCT and allegedly allocating it to his kinsmen.
In the old video, VeryDarkMan alleged that Chinda had a major interest in the disputed property.
“Wike woke up one morning and said he had revoked it. One of those who has a big share in the whole of this thing is the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, in the name of Kingsley Chinda,” he said.
Reacting to Chinda’s emergence as the APC governorship candidate in Rivers State, VDM said, “This same Chinda? Rivers State is finished.”
‘Very Dull Man’
Responding in a Facebook post, Olayinka dismissed the allegation and described the social media critic as a “very dull man.”
He alleged that VDM had promoted the claim after allegedly receiving money from the supposed owner of the property.
Olayinka said the critic and those behind the claim went silent after facts were presented showing that the land in question was never allocated to the claimant.
He said VDM was advertising his ignorance after he must have collected money from the alleged property owner.
Olayinka further accused VDM of misleading the public and failing to apologise after the facts were made public.
He said VDM and his alleged instigator “became silent when we brought out facts that the said land was never allocated” to the claimant.
“Instead of Very Dull Man to apologise for misleading the public, he simply went dumb, moved on to other issues and continued with his game,” Olayinka added.