Lagos Govt Reacts as VeryDarkMan Catches Man Pooing on Road, Video Trends
- The Lagos government has said environmental sustainability is a collective responsibility, and all Nigerians must play their part to keep the state's surroundings clean and safe
- The government thanked prominent social media personality VeryDarkMan after he caught a man pooing on a road in Lagos
- Lagos said it is putting in the work "but it seems as though a few individuals choose to be badly behaved and deliberately keep the environment untidy"
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Ikeja, Lagos state - The Lagos state government has praised social media personality VeryDarkMan for 'exemplifying' environmental sustainability.
Legit.ng reports that the commendation came after VeryDarkMan (real name Martins Vincent Otse), caught a man pooing on a road in Ikeja, Lagos.
Source: Instagram
VeryDarkMan (also called VDM) videoed the man's condemnable act and shared it on his verified X (formerly Twitter) page on Friday night, April 4. The 2-minute, 53-second video has been viewed by over 538,000 people.
VDM got down from a vehicle and ordered the errant young man to pack the poo. He criticised Lagos road users for not challenging the man, arguing that the infamous claim by a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ushie Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, that Lagos is a smelling city, could be true.
Source: Twitter
Reacting, the Lagos government, through Tokunbo Wahab, the commissioner for environment and water resources, said via X:
"Recently, the Lagos state government launched an Anti-Open-Defecation team to monitor some parts of Lagos, making sure residents and visitors make use of the public toilets provided in different locations across the state. A total of 1,710 (not counting those in filling stations statewide).
"Lagos, under the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration is committed to a cleaner, healthier Lagos - regardless of how politicised our efforts may be by those who choose not to see the bigger picture. We cannot afford to be deterred and we will keep on doing our part while calling on well-meaning Nigerians and indeed, Lagosians to encourage all residents to do the right thing at all times."
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VeryDarkMan sends warning message to Lege Miami
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that VeryDarkMan reacted to a video shared by Nollywood actor, Adams Kehinde, popularly known as Lege.
The entertainer shared a video of the vent he attended in the company of Seyi Tinubu and how he went on stage to give a speech despite his bad English.
Reacting to the video, Verydarkman slammed him for constantly peppering people that he was a friend to the president's son. According to him, such videos do not freak him again.
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