A Nigerian man has set his GTBank ATM card on fire in protest against the arrest of online personality VeryDarkMan, amid allegations that the bank played a role in his detention.
The incident was shared via a post on the man’s page on X (formerly Twitter), where he expressed his outrage and encouraged others to boycott the bank.
VeryDarkMan was previously reported to have been arrested shortly after leaving a GTBank branch, where he had gone with his mother to complain about unsolicited deductions from his account.
His legal representative, Deji Adeyanju, stated in an official release that he was delayed for about five minutes at the bank entrance before being arrested.
As speculation grows that GTBank may have been complicit in the arrest, many of VeryDarkMan’s supporters have voiced their displeasure online.
One particularly outraged fan went as far as burning his GTBank ATM card, vowing never to engage in business with the bank again.
Sharing a video of himself carrying out the act, he captioned the post: “Stop banking with @gtbank and refrain from sending money to GTBank users. They are enemies of this country. @officialefcc and VDM must not be affected by you guys. We dey observe. Observations!”
The video has since gone viral, sparking reactions from social media users who flooded the comment section to share their thoughts.
See some reactions below:
@cbngov_akin1: “2k giveaway now U will see them dropping GTB account to beg. LieTASHA don day una be G&H.”
@alexgist9: “More money for gtbank because una go soon request for card.”
@iamrichmond14: “We stand in solidarity with VDM, stop banking with GTB. Step up into the sterling Financial Bank.”
@BigHends: “You for help me turn the back first make I see something.”
@SamuelLee138714: “Everyone should withdraw or transfer their money from @gtbank before Monday, because no one knows where this issue would lead to from Monday.”
@9aija_market: “So I should withdraw my money from GTbank and keep it where, keep it under your grandma’s pant aby your grandpa’s boxers?”
@igbokweOnyejeo1: “Unfortunately, it’s very clear Igbos are actually the MOVERS in Nigeria. I can’t forget that years GTbank went on it knees begging the Igbos to pity them and stop the closing down of account due to what they did to innoson.”
@abubaba1: “ burning an ATM card worth less than #1500 in an account that probably has nothing in there, seen enough clowning to last a lifetime.”
