‘We Will Take Over Nigeria From November’, VeryDarkMan Unveils Nationwide Monthly Sanitation, Others

Controversial societal media professional and activist, Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known arsenic VeryDarkMan, has announced the motorboat of a caller civic inaugural nether the banner of the Ratel Movement, aimed astatine tackling biology decay and promoting patriotism among Nigerian youths.

In a video shared connected Facebook connected Wednesday, VeryDarkMan declared that opening from Saturday, November 29, 2025, and connected each past Saturday of consequent months, members of the Ratel Movement volition transportation retired assemblage work projects crossed Nigeria.

LEADERSHIP reports that Ratel Movement is an informal radical of VeryDarkMan’s followers connected societal media.

The activist, therefore, said the inaugural was to determination his followers distant from societal media advocacy to carnal interaction successful communities.

“Starting from the 29th of November, 2025, which volition beryllium connected a Saturday, we the Ratel Movement are taking implicit Nigeria, we are shutting down this country,” helium said.

“That being said, we are not shutting down successful presumption of violence, we are shutting it down successful presumption of impact.”

VeryDarkMan explained that the activities volition see cleaning up nationalist spaces, clearing drainages, rehabilitating schoolhouse facilities, and different grassroots assemblage services.

“We are going to commencement what has ne'er been seen earlier successful Nigeria. We are going to beryllium moving from conscionable being connected societal media claiming to beryllium Ratels to presenting ourselves successful existent beingness and impacting our society,” helium said.

According to him, the archetypal workout volition screen each 36 States of the federation, arsenic good arsenic aggregate communities successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

“Starting from November, each past Saturday of each month, the Ratels volition beryllium coming retired to bash assemblage service—clearing drainages, cleaning nationalist schools, areas filled with trash volition beryllium cleared successful each 26 states. In Abuja, we volition bash it successful Gwarinpa, Maraba, Nyanya, Kubwa, Lugbe; each the places that are soiled volition beryllium cleaned,” helium said.

VeryDarkMan stressed that the imaginativeness was not conscionable astir cleaning but besides astir instilling civic values among young people.

“We privation to beforehand patriotism successful the hearts of the youth. We are not going to bounds the problems of Nigeria solely to politicians. Yes, politicians besides person theirs, but we (youth) besides person to contribute.”

He recalled however the inspiration came to him 1 time portion crossing the Third Mainland Bridge successful Lagos.

“The time I got this inspiration is the time that I was coming to Third Mainland Bridge and idiosyncratic was pooing there. People were passing by due to the fact that we deficiency patriotism successful Nigeria, successful Africa,” helium narrated successful pidgin.

The initiative, helium added, volition spell beyond discarded disposal to inculcation of civic responsibilities.

“We volition cleanable soiled areas, overgarment schoolhouse boards, hole breached chairs, spot potholes—a batch of things that we tin laic our hands connected volition beryllium done,” helium added.

VeryDarkMan besides shared a telephone fig successful the video for funny youths to articulation the Movement, indicating their locations.

Acknowledging the challenges ahead, helium nevertheless expressed optimism astir the movement’s resolve.

“It won’t beryllium easy, but we volition bash it. The Ratels tin besides say, ‘this is what we bash successful the country.’ We whitethorn fail, but we won’t stop. We volition decidedly bash it 100%.”

He emphasised that the Ratel Movement was strictly non-political.

“Political things are not welcomed wrong our midst. Individually, you tin enactment immoderate governmental party, but erstwhile we are together, we volition not invited immoderate governmental discussions. Because it is erstwhile authorities comes that problems begin, followed by tribalism. We are not similar that; we are conscionable patriotic Nigerians,” VeryDarkMan declared.