‘Murderers’ – Mr Macaroni Condemns Police As Stray Bullet Kills WASSCE Candidate In Ibadan

Skit maker cum Nollywood actor, Adebowale Adedayo, also known as Mr Macaroni, has lambasted the Nigeria Police Force over the the kiling of a Secondary School student on his way to write the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination before he was shot dead by a security officer.

Lagos Post Online reported that Police officers were in a high-speed chase of a fleeing vehicle suspected to be ‘Yahoo boys’ when an officer opened fire, and the bullet struck and killed the student.

The student was said to be with his twin brother when the Police bullet missed its target and hit him.

The student was quickly taken to Welfare Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

In response to the tragedy, market traders and sympathisers started a protest and brought the boy’s remains to the Oyo State Secretariat, demanding justice.

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In a post via his 𝕏 handle, Macaroni blasted the Nigerian Police, calling them all sorts of names.

He wrote, “Wicked, Evil, Callous, irresponsible and shamelessly Corrupt @PoliceNG just killed an innocent boy in broad daylight!!! MURDERERS!!!”

Wicked, Evil, Callous, irresponsible and shamelessly Corrupt @PoliceNG just killed an innocent boy in broad daylight!!!
MURDERERS!!! https://t.co/Rm8pj0SMKc

— Mr Macaroni (@mrmacaronii) May 20, 2025

Meanwhile, the Oyo State government has explained that the student’s father was driving against traffic when the incident happened.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, described the incident as sad, shocking and painful, stressing the tragedy could have been avoided.