Lagos Based Popular Comedian, Debo Adebayo, a.k.a Mr Macaroni, has given reason why he joined other #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters on Saturday.

Mr Macaroni, who was arrested alongside thirty-nine other protesters in the early hours of Saturday, said he was initially scared and had received numerous calls from his parents, siblings and friends not to join the protest.

In a video, which he posted on his official social media platforms, he said he initially did not want to go out but he later joined the protest because he knew people would be there.

He alleged his phones were destroyed after he was arrested and also had bruises all around his body because he was beaten by security operatives.

“But I knew people would die and I saw it, and I can confirm it that if words did not get out, people would have died because nobody would have known where anybody was or who picked up who.

“The country’s current situation is a ‘deep shit’, everyone is scared for their lives. When we were picked up, we were taken to Adeniji, we were beaten and stripped naked,” he said.

He called for unity, especially among celebrities urging people to desist from creating division among them on basis of who joined the protest or not, saying the other 39 persons who got arrested stood their grounds.

He alleged the police officers, who arrested the protesters, said they would have killed them but everyone had known of their arrest.