The Occupy Lekki protest was met with fierce resistance in the form of armed policemen as they clamped down on the protesters during the early hours of the day.
They arrested a popular comedian, Mr Macaroni who was on ‘Instagram Live’ as people watched how he was locked up in a police van alongside other persons. He was also a mouthpiece during the EndSars protest and stood firm throughout the protest.
Many people were tagging him with some undesirable names, someone said he was looking for cheap popularity while others stood by him and said he will be remembered for his stance against the government.
A Twitter user named Toby who was saddened by the events wrote on how Mr Macaroni has been a person with a good heart since their secondary school days.
In his words; “Being in the same hostel as @mrmacaronii 2008-09, seeing him stay up till 3am washing 70m of gutters so juniors wouldn’t get punished, removing his socks to give to someone who didn’t have any so they could avoid being punished always baffled me.”
He followed that up by saying he was really sad after seeing him in a police van for trying to protest peacefully.
This is someone who knew him personally and it’s synonymous with almost everyone when you feel sad because you see people whom you know genuinely care for others go through some pains
Without sentiments, do you think Mr Macaroni was searching for cheap popularity?
