If you have no idea who VDM or Blord are, let’s give you a breakdown. Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VDM or VeryDarkMan is an activist influencer who built a reputation for exposing alleged scams and business misconduct.
He uses social platforms to call out people he believes are taking advantage of others and to press for public accountability. That activist posture has made him both popular with people who want accountability and controversial with those who view his tactics as opportunistic
On the other hand, Linus Williams Ifejirika aka Blord, is a self styled crypto and tech entrepreneur and founder of Blord Group. He rose to prominence as a flashy young businessman touted by influencers and featured on social feeds as a crypto success story.
He has also faced multiple serious allegations and investigations, including a high profile police arrest in July 2024 over alleged internet fraud, terrorism funding and violations of financial regulations. The arrest was widely reported and marked the start of a long public scrutiny of his companies and practices.
VDM and Blord’s fight is part business argument and part personal attack, and lately it has included product claims, leaked private material, police action and old grievances. Here is a breakdown of their showdown.
The iPhone saga that took the feud mainstream & nude leak
The most recent flare up began in October 2025 when Blord posted videos showing an iPhone XR that he had bought and then had modified to look and market as an iPhone 17 Pro. In his videos he unboxed an iPhone XR and showed components that had been replaced or refitted. He said he sourced the work from contacts in China and that he planned to sell the upgraded devices for around four hundred and fifty thousand naira each. Blord framed the project as a legitimate business move and showed off how the transformed phones looked and functioned.
VeryDarkMan publicly accused Blord of deceiving buyers by marketing those rebuilt phones as genuine new iPhone 17 Pro devices. VDM recorded videos that explained how Blord was allegedly purchasing older iPhone models like the XR and then replacing parts so the phones resembled the newer iPhone 17 line. The self-styled activist said this practice misled ordinary customers and hurt legitimate sellers who import real new devices. That public callout made the dispute no longer just about two men shouting online. It became a consumer protection issue.
VDM also claimed the modified phone was too pricy to be sold at the amount that Blord planned to sell it. In a video clip, he threatened to invest 10-15 million Naira to invest in said venture and open a phone business for his sister who will then sell to Nigerians at a much lesser rate. He claimed the modified XR costs two hundred and eighty thousand Naira including shipping and delivery to any part of Nigeria.
Not long after the phone row reached its peak, allegations emerged that supporters of Blord had shared intimate private videos or images of VDM. There are claims that Blord offered to pay five hundred thousand Naira to any person who has nude videos of VDM.
VDM and his supporters said the sharing of private material was a deliberate attempt to silence and intimidate him. The self-styled activist refused to backdown and threatened to share nude videos of himself with Blord every single day until his death. VDM added that he’d save the self-styled crypto king the stress of paying exorbitant fees for his nudes.
Minutes ago on his Instagram story, Blord apologized profusely to VDM, urging all those who downloaded the nude video he shared to delete it from their devices.
He added that VDM has taken the matter to court and he needs a good lawyer to defend him. Blord urged the activist to settle out of court because he doesn’t want to go to jail.
July 2024: The legal storm that shaped everything
To understand why the clash escalated so quickly, let’s take you back to July 2024. That month the Nigeria Police Force arrested Linus Williams, known as Blord, in a sweep that targeted alleged cryptocurrency fraud and other financial offences.
The police named allegations that included internet fraud, alleged breaches of Central Bank rules and even terrorism funding in public statements. The arrest put heavy public scrutiny on Blord, his businesses and his associates. That history explains why activists and watchdogs such as VDM paid close attention to Blord’s companies thereafter.
Following his 2024 incident, Blord and VDM had a friction. There were reports that he was petitioned by VDM, which led to his invitation by the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) over allegations involving poor customer service and fraud-related claims.
Clarifying claims on Isbae U’s Curiosity Made Me Ask podcast, the self-styled Africa Elon Musk stated:
“The main petition that sent me to FCID came from somebody else but not Verydarkman.
He (VDM) dares not and does not have the audacity; he does not have the balls.”
Conclusion
This is a fight between two men who are both public and both powerful in different ways. VDM uses public calling out to push for accountability. Blord uses business clout and showmanship to defend his brand. The argument is messy because it mixes product detail, law, and private attacks. For anyone trying to understand what happened it helps to separate the provable facts from the social media noise. The proof matters. So does the human cost when private life and public campaigning collide.
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