Mr Macaroni, a Nigerian entertainer and comedian, has gone after the government’s reaction to the new #endbadgovernance protest.
On August 1, 2024, the rankled dissident took to X and remarked to SP Benjamin Hundeyin’s post, in which he guaranteed that the nonconformists in Lagos State were quiet. In his extensive explanation, Macaroni became suddenly angry with the police, asserting that they went after quiet protesters rather than supported hooligans.
He stated in part, “This is proof that the protests are always peaceful and with good intentions until state-sponsored thugs are sent to disrupt the protests. The police, in their complicity, will ignore the infiltrators and start to attack peaceful protesters. This is how it happens not only in Lagos but in other states in the country.”
He also said:
“At the end of the day, the government will then attempt to rewrite history as if it didn’t happen before our very eyes. This is exactly how it happened with EndSars and the records will forever be there to point at the real enemies of Nigeria who unleashed terror and mayhem in our society,” he added.
Mr Macaroni also criticized the presence of anti-protesters, who threatened and attacked peaceful demonstrators. He pondered: “Isn’t it crazy that the same people who protested peacefully are now trying to stop others from doing the same thing?”
He emphasized, “If people want to protest and cry out to the government, let them. How can the government keep punishing people and then tell them they can’t complain? The government should protect peaceful protesters, but instead, it’s the same government that’s causing the problems.”
