Debo Adebayo, Nigerian comedian better known as Mr. Macaroni along with other youths have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos state police command over the ongoing #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest.
On Saturday morning, the comedian took to his Instagram page to stream a live video of his arrest at the Lekki tollgate axis alongside other protesters.
“I’m being arrested. I’m being arrested ooo Nigerians you can see,” he said in a video clip.
In another clip, he could be seen inside a police van however, the live video was halted as security operatives collected his phone and that of others.
“So they are collecting our phones right now. We are not fighting them,” he said in another clip.
On Monday, Nigerians on social media had proposed the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest to kick against the reopening of the toll gate.
The proposal was a sequel to the decision of the Lagos judicial panel to return the control of the tollgate to the Lekki Concession Company (LCC).
According to the panel, forensic analysis on the venue of the shooting had been carried out, and there was no need to keep the place closed to business operations.
However, Hakeem Odumosu, the state commissioner of police, had warned against the protest, indicating to deal with anyone caught involving in such demonstration.
Permit me to state in clear terms that organising any protest in furtherance of the recent violent and destructive #EndSARS protest will be counterproductive to the ongoing series of inquiries and investigations into many cases related to the #EndSARS violence and the present security situation of the state.
“The Lagos State, its people, and the Nigerian nation at large are still groaning (in pains) for the aftermath of the last #EndSARS violence that left many lives and properties lost. It is therefore not reasonable to allow same to repeat itself in the state,” he stated.
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