Social media critic Martins Otse, higher often called VeryDarkMan (VDM), has lastly spoken up after his in-flight conflict with comic Freedom Atsepoyi, popularly known as Mr Jollof, prompted a serious delay on a United Nigeria Airways flight.
The confrontation, which performed out in entrance of passengers, pressured airline officers to halt boarding and drew extensive public consideration.
In a video posted on Tuesday, VDM admitted he was at fault.
He mentioned he accepted blame for the disruption and regretted the inconvenience the combat prompted different travellers. In keeping with him, the state of affairs ought to by no means have occurred within the first place.
“I would love to apologise for what occurred yesterday on the United Nigerian Airways. What occurred yesterday was not presupposed to occur, and I’ll take full duty for it,” he mentioned.
He defined that the delay affected individuals who had essential private {and professional} commitments.
“Lots of people on that flight had essential issues to do, however due to that little irresponsibility from my finish, their flight was delayed. Some folks may need had medical emergencies, and a few had enterprise contracts to signal. I don’t know what that little delay would have price them, and I actually wish to apologise,” he added.
VDM prolonged his apology to everybody on board — the older passengers, the youthful ones, and the crew members.
He admitted that the altercation was pointless and will have been prevented totally.
Wanting again, he described his conduct as disappointing.
“Wanting again at what occurred yesterday, I actually didn’t like that half. Though some folks noticed every thing as a cruise on social media, I acted irresponsibly,” he mentioned.
He additionally clarified that whereas he couldn’t utterly promise such incidents would by no means occur once more, he assured Nigerians that it will not happen in public areas like airplanes or buses.
“I can’t assure that it’s going to not occur once more. I can solely assure that it’s going to not occur on the aircraft, on the bus or in a public place that can cease folks from going to their vacation spot,” he acknowledged.
POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported that each VDM and Mr Jollof might face legal prosecution after the heated confrontation pressured safety personnel to intervene.