Femi Falana, son Falz hit VDM on Bobrisky prison bribery allegations

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN has spoken on a viral video made by Martins Vincent Otse alias Verydarkblackman, accusing him and his son Folarin (Falz) of collecting N10 million from Idris Okuneye popularly called Bobrisky to process a pardon for the crossdresser who was jailed for naira abuse.
Falana said he had never met or spoken with Bobrisky on any issue in his life.
But Falz confirmed that he had contact with Bobrisky, a controversial social media personality on his legal issues earlier this year.
According to Falz, Bobrisky begged him for N3 million to secure a VIP section at the correctional centre.
In a viral video, Verydarkblackman claimed to have Bobrisky on an audio interview claiming how officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) collected N15 million from him over a plea bargain that made the commission to drop money laundering charges against him, how a godfather and the Comptroller General of Prisons secured an apartment for him very near the prison, and how Falana and Falz collected N10 million from him to obtain a Presidential Pardon.
But Falana in a statement by his lawyer, Taiwo Olawanle, asked Verydarkblackman to retract the video or face a legal action.
Part of Falana’s reaction read, “Your publication contained multiple allegations and that you did not expect Mr Femi Falana, who was a lawyer to the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, whom everyone respects to ‘engage in something like this’.
“Your publication further alleged that Mr Femi Falana SAN wanted to get a presidential pardon for Bobrisky for the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ren million Naira only).

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“As if that was not enough, you proceeded to state as follows:
i “I don’t even believe that Femi Falana would bring himself down to this level, the whole Femi Falana would engage himself with something like this”
ii “…the man started the pardon and he said he wanted to send it to the Minister of Justice in Abuja who will send it to the President to approve it but you know Nigeria with corruption.”
iii. “…Femi FALANA collected N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira) in order to wipe his name off record. These are people I respected. These are people I look up to…it is obvious that Nigeria will not go anywhere soon.”
He also noted, “The entire publication was a vicious, wicked and reckless ploy to impugn the reputation of our client and lower him in the estimation of right-thinking members of the public. WE WISH TO STATE, WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF CONTRADICTION, THAT OUR CLIENT HAS NEVER, IN HIS LIFE, SPOKEN TO BOBRISKY ON HIS ALLEGED PARDON OR ON ANY MATTER WHATSOEVER.”
His request: “We, therefore, demand immediate retraction of the offensive and derogatory publication as well as an apology prominently published in all the platforms to which you have disseminated it without any justification whatsoever.
“Be advised that if we do not receive your formal retraction and apology as demanded within 24 (twenty-four) hours of the receipt hereof, we shall proceed with our client’s instructions to seek appropriate legal remedies, including monetary damages, against you for your incendiary publication and dissemination of defamatory statements.”
Similarly, Falz in a letter dated September 26, 2024, through hislawyer, Taiwo E. Olawanle, said while Bobrisky had indeed reached out to Falz for advice, the rapper firmly rejected the request of providing financial assistance and no payments made.

The letter added, “Our client, in the same conversation, advised him that there was no need to pay the officials of the Correctional Centre any money. However, Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) stated that his lawyers had messed up his case by asking him to plead guilty to the charges filed against him. Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) insisted on his request for the money which our client continuously disapproved.
“Without contacting our client, you went ahead to publish a careless statement containing multiple allegations including an insinuation that our client is involved in a homosexual affair and intended to get a presidential pardon for Mr Idris Okuneye.”

Femi Falana, son Falz hit VDM on Bobrisky prison bribery allegations