Rapper Folarin Falana, better known by his stage name Falz, has finally addressed the ongoing legal dispute between himself and activist VeryDarkMan.
The scandal started when VeryDarkMan posted a supposedly recorded audio in which crossdresser Bobrisky said that when she was serving a six-month sentence for naira abuse, Falz and Femi Falana, his father, a human rights attorney, called her.
Falz and his father “tried to get me a presidential pardon in exchange for N10 million,” according to the crossdresser’s allegations on the video.
Later, Bobrisky called the widely shared recording “fake” and vowed to sue VeryDarkMan for allegedly defamatory remarks.
Falana and Falz also called for the alleged defamatory remarks to be retracted and a public apology. VerDarkMan was ordered by an Ikeja high court to stop spreading false information regarding Falz and Falana.
Falz said in a recent appearance with the Afrobeats podcast that he talked to VeryDarkMan, who challenged him to sue.
According to the rapper, he tried to have a rational discussion with VeryDarkMan but was treated with defensiveness.
Falz called the accusations “horrible” and stressed that VeryDarkMan had no evidence to support his claims.
He questioned whether VeryDarkMan was trying to become a hero by suing the court.
“This guy was instantly defensive from the beginning; I’m like bro, try and listen,” Falz said.
“What are you instantly fighting about? And he said to me, without mincing words, ‘shebi you’re a lawyer; go to court’.
“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.
“… I do not know if it portrays him as a hero. He did not apologise to me. People are trying to peddle me as an oppressor.”
The rapper said he never had issues with the activist until he mentioned Falana’s name.
“He trampled on every single thing my father stood for, sticking out his neck for the oppressed,” he said.
“… so if you say you want to find trouble, trouble is my work; it’s my work. If you say that’s what you’re looking for, let’s go.”
