VeryDarkMan Offers Job to Suspended Benue Official After #EndBenueGenocide Protest
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VeryDarkMan Offers Job to Suspended Benue Official After #EndBenueGenocide Protest
Popular Nigerian social media activist, Martins Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has extended a job offer to Lubem Terkula, the suspended Chief Press Secretary of Benue State.
Terkula, alongside Chief of Staff John Ukeyima, was suspended by the Principal Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Media Mobilisation, Atu Joseph. Their suspension followed their involvement in a protest against the killing of nearly 250 people in the Yelwata community, Benue State.
In a move of solidarity, VeryDarkMan took to social media to post images of himself and Terkula at the protest location. He then publicly offered Terkula a position within his non-governmental organisation, the Martins Vincent Otse Initiatives.
“The Chief press secretary that was suspended in benue state for joining the #ENDBENUEGENOCIDE PROTEST SHOULD COME WORK WITH OUR NGO(martins Vincent Otse initiative) I believe he loves humanity so we will need him to join our ngo to better the lives of others he should send a dm to me or my brother,” he wrote.
He also claimed his NGO could offer better opportunities and greater impact than what the Benue State government currently provides.
The post quickly gained traction online, sparking a flood of reactions from Nigerians:
@NonnyBg: “I wan apply abeg. Am burning inside.”
@PNgongwoh: “I thought that Governor was a man of God, politics is a messy business, once you gets in to it, it takes away your conscience.”
@BigmoGame: “In Nigeria you’ll lose your job for crying for the death of your family and friends.”
@golden_salvin: “Hello sir! I think I’d like to be a full and committed member of your NGO. I really do have a lot of information to share, but I don’t have a voice yet…”
The suspension of government officials for participating in a peaceful protest has raised serious questions about freedom of expression and civic responsibility in the state. VeryDarkMan’s gesture is now being seen by many as a bold move in support of justice and the right to protest.
