Nigerian singer and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has broken his silence on the ongoing controversy involving social media critic VeryDarkMan and crossdresser Bobrisky.
In a recent interview on the Afro Beats podcast, Falz addressed the leaked voice recording that sparked the drama.
The audio, leaked by VeryDarkMan, claimed Falz and his father, human rights lawyer Femi Falana, sought a N10 million presidential pardon for Bobrisky during his six-month jail term for naira abuse. However, Falz had denied the allegations, insisting that Bobrisky reached out to him for financial assistance.
In the interview, Falz slammed VeryDarkMan for lacking proof and failing to apologize publicly.
He said, “When I reached out to him over the audio, this guy was instantly defensive from the beginning; I’m like bro, try and listen. What are you instantly fighting about?
“And he said without mincing words, ‘shebi you are a lawyer, you can go to court’.
“I will have him know that there is a criminal angle to defamation, but I chose not to go that way. He could have been arrested because what you posted is absolutely false and I need you to take it down and tender an apology within a certain amount of time and what did he do? Nothing.
“I don’t know if it portrays him as a hero. He didn’t apologise, and people are trying to peddle me as an oppressor. So if you say you want to find trouble, that is my work. If you insist that’s what you are looking for, let’s go.”
