Profile | By Ruth Okwumbu
The Making of Mr. Macaroni, Nigeria’s Famous Instagram Comedian-turned-activist his project before fate reared its ugly head again.
Shortly before the convocation ceremony, on the 12th of October 2017, he received a letter of expulsion from the university on the grounds of posting on social media “certain things that were offensive and put the University in bad light”. Adebayo responded that he never mentioned the name of the institution or any of her officials in his posts.
Debo Adebayo is best known by the stage name Mr Macaroni or ‘freaky freaky’ a phrase he is known to use in his skits. Though very popular for his sugar daddy and politician roles in his comedy videos, there is a lot more to Mr Macaroni than meets the eye.
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debayo was born on May 3, 1993 in Lagos state, Nigeria to a Journalistdad, and teacher-mom. He had his primary education in Lagos, and attended the Babcock University High School where he had his secondary education.
There were suggestions from different corners that the school’s action was connected to Adebayo’s activities as Student Union president in his final year. His administration had stood against the management on several occasions, fighting for student’s rights. They had also refused to give the Vice-Chancellor and Director of Student affairs the traditional awards for leadership and excellence on Student’s Appreciation day, on grounds that they did not deserve it.
where he was also admitted to study law. All seemed to be going well until he had to leave the institution, after getting into a fight with one of his lecturers. Most people would give up after this second attempt, but not Debo. He Debo Adebayo and his parents decided to try another route. sued the institution, but both parties later opted for an out-ofDebo decided to opt for Theatre court settlement and he eventually Arts this time, since it appeared graduated with a second class that fate was not dealing him good upper degree in 2018. Long before hands in his quest to be a lawyer. He Debo became a popular social sought admission at Afe Babalola media comedian, he had been University, at Ado-Ekiti, but ended up with English and Media Studies as the institution did not have an active Theatre Arts department. He Most people thought I tried sticking with this for a couple was possessed when I was of years before he decided to try jumping from one university again.
Getting a university degree was more than a little dramatic for this popular actor, activist and comedian, as he got admitted into four different universities before leaving the last with a degree. Debo first got admitted into a private university – Lead City University to read law. At this time, the activist in him hoped to make a career in the legal profession fighting for human rights. He soon to the other. I didn’t care how discovered that the university did His fourth admission came and not have accreditation for Law and this time he was admitted to long it was going to take, but withdrew. study Theatre Arts at Redeemer’s told myself I was definitely University, Osun State. He stuck it going to get a University Next stop was the Houdegbe North out the entire four years, wrote his degree. Long last, I got it. American University, Cotonou final examinations and defended
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