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Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, has dismissed claims linking him to the ongoing online feud between activist VeryDarkMan and content creator King Mitchy.
The controversy arose after King Mitchy renovated a public school within six days with financial support from Tinubu. She later engaged in a social media exchange with VeryDarkMan over allegations that she failed to account for public donations received since 2025. VeryDarkMan subsequently accused Tinubu of backing Mitchy’s charity efforts and intensified the dispute. In an Instagram video, the activist urged the public to hold both Tinubu and Mitchy responsible if anything were to happen to him.
Responding on Saturday via Instagram, Tinubu called the allegations “false,” clarifying that his only interaction with King Mitchy was in a public setting, where he provided financial support to her non-governmental organisation.
“Over the past few days, my name has been deliberately drawn into an online dispute between VeryDarkMan (VDM) and King_Mitchy (‘Mitchy’),” he wrote. “Let me be clear: the allegations and insinuations made about me are false.”
He explained that he met King Mitchy once, alongside others, and contributed funds to her NGO as part of his broader commitment to youth empowerment initiatives across Nigeria. A follow-up meeting to review the impact of the donation was planned but did not take place due to ill health.
“There has never been a private encounter, no secret arrangement, and no impropriety of any kind,” Tinubu said, expressing concern that a dispute he neither initiated nor participated in was being used to damage his reputation.
He also accused VeryDarkMan of “looking for a trigger” to attack him. “If my name generates attention, let us at least deal in facts. Supporting charitable causes is not a crime. Meeting someone publicly to support their NGO is not a scandal. Repeating falsehoods loudly does not transform them into truth,” he added.
