Social media personality, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has tendered a public apology over his confrontation with comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, widely called Mr Jollof, which disrupted a United Nigeria Airlines flight on Monday.
In a video shared on Instagram on Tuesday, Otse admitted that the fracas was avoidable and took full responsibility for the incident.
He said, “I would really like to apologise for what happened yesterday on the United Nigerian Airlines. What happened yesterday was not supposed to happen, and I will take full responsibility for it.”
Otse expressed concern that the delay caused by the altercation may have affected passengers with urgent engagements.
“A lot of people on that flight had important things to do, but because of that little irresponsibility from my end, their flight was delayed. Some people might have had medical emergencies, and some had business contracts to sign. I don’t know what that little delay would have cost them, and I really want to apologise,” he added.
He specifically apologised to all categories of passengers, “all the mothers, all the daddies, all the uncles, all the younger ones” as well as the pilot and members of the cabin crew.
“Looking back at what happened yesterday, I really didn’t like that part. Even though some people saw everything as a cruise on social media, I acted irresponsibly,” he said.
Otse hinted that he could not guarantee the complete absence of future confrontations but insisted such behaviour would not happen in public environments where people’s movement could be disrupted.
He said, “I cannot guarantee that it will not happen again. I can only guarantee that it will not happen on the plane, on the bus or in a public place that will stop people from going to their destination.
“But I am really, really sorry for yesterday.”
