Popular Nigerian rapper, Michael Ugochukwu Stephens, popularly known as Ruggedman, has opened up on the reason for withdrawing his support for controversial activist, VeryDarkMan.

Speaking on the latest episode of Echoo Room podcast, Ruggedman revealed that the main reason he withdrew his support was when Verydarkman started intruding into people's lives.

He criticized VeryDarkMan's method of carrying out his activism, and labelled it as illogical.

Ruggedman noted how VeryDarkMan started by calling out people, who were selling products without NAFDAC number, before he suddenly moved to attacking individuals online.

He said:
“I liked VeryDarkMan in the beginning when he started with the whole NAFDAC number thing but when he started going personal into people’s private lives, especially with women. That to me, he is just distracting himself.

“But it is like saying a policeman took a shooting which was his last resort as the first. They will tell you but if you’re a professional you are supposed to be used to it.

“So even if someone says something against you there is a way you should address it. Not your mama, your papa. You don’t catch me doing that but that’s me.

“His approach is what I don’t like anymore. He was calling out people that sell products without a NAFDAC number, that’s amazing but now what do you hear about him?

Speaking further, he berated VeryDarkMan’s online attack on Iyabo Ojo and her daughter, and vindicated them for responding to him with insults, due to VeryDarkMan being the one at fault.

He said:
“Iyabo Ojo and her daughter kind of thing, that’s why I said it is his approach I’m not okay with. So any response he gets from them is probably what he said.

“I think what he said stemmed from what I think was Mohbad’s situation. Where he said the old retired actresses are trying to use the situation as clout. Everyone knows it was Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh.

“Now you can’t say something like that and don’t expect people to respond. So he started it. That’s what I meant by people’s private lives.”