Adebowale Adedayo, commonly known as Mr Macaroni, a Nigerian comedian and actor, has criticised Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s condemnation of Labour Party supporters in the aftermath of the 2023 general elections.
According to news reports, Soyinka called Peter Obi supporters “fascists” for their attacks on his personality on Friday.
But, in a series of tweets on Saturday, Macaroni stated that there are mobs in all political parties and that acting as if other mobs do not exist is disingenuous and gaslighting.
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Macaroni maintained that attempts to distort history will fail, pointing out that many of Peter Obi’s followers have been subjected to the most heinous attacks, and hypocrites have failed to condemn it even when the victims’ lives were in grave danger.
The comedian stated that everyone has the right to support whoever they choose, but it is unethical to denounce one type of evil while being linked with those who do the same.
He said, “There are mobs across all the political parties. There is even a mob among the fence-sitters. there are also tribally bigoted Mobs and many other mobs.
“While we must continue to condemn mob actions, it is hypocrisy and gaslighting to act as if these other mobs do not exist.
“The most dangerous people on social media today are those who look on as trolls and thugs attack, curse, and incite violence against some of us but get a hard-on when their friends or those they are affiliated with suffer same fate. They are as complicit and even far worse.
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“This attempt to rewrite history will not work. Since 2020, some of us have been subjected to the vilest of attacks and none of these hypocrites condemned such even when our lives were under serious threats. Still, I have always been one to condemn such attacks on others.
“I will continue to condemn any form of attack on people because of their political leanings. I still maintain as always that we all have the right to support any party we wish to. And while we can disagree with these choices, attacking others should never be encouraged.
“However, you cannot condemn a certain kind of evil yet be associated with those who do the exact same thing. That is bias and it is sadly the trend these days. If we examine it properly, these biased and hypocritical fencists are the real MOB.”
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