Preparation is on top gear for a popular Nigerian Activist and advocate of a to shut Nigeria with his followers.
In a video shared on Facebook, Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan disclosed his action that will shut down Nigeria beginning from Saturday, November 29, 2025 with impact driven action on environmental sanitation through his Ratel Movement.
He said, "we are not shutting down in terms of violence, we are shutting it down in terms of impact.
LEADERSHIP reports that Ratel Movement is an informal group of VeryDarkMan’s followers on social media.
Very dark man explained that on every last Saturday of subsequent months, members of the Ratel Movement will carry out community service projects across Nigeria.
The activist, therefore, said the initiative was to move his followers away from social media advocacy to physical impact in communities.
VeryDarkMan explained that the activities will include cleaning up public spaces, clearing drainages, rehabilitating school facilities, and other grassroots community services.
“We are going to start what has never been seen before in Nigeria. We are going to be moving from just being on social media claiming to be Ratels to presenting ourselves in real life and impacting our society,” he said.
According to him, the first exercise will cover all 36 States of the federation, as well as multiple communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
“Starting from November, every last Saturday of every month, the Ratels will be coming out to do community service—clearing drainages, cleaning public schools, areas filled with trash will be cleared in all 26 states. In Abuja, we will do it in Gwarinpa, Maraba, Nyanya, Kubwa, Lugbe; all the places that are dirty will be cleaned,” he said.
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