{"id":66729,"date":"2025-05-27T14:50:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66729"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:50:58","slug":"macaroni-to-critics-yoruba-identity-is-not-party-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/27\/macaroni-to-critics-yoruba-identity-is-not-party-badge\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaroni to Critics: Yoruba Identity Is Not Party Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian actor and activist Adebowale Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has fired back at those questioning his Yoruba identity due to his refusal to support the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>In a bold post on his official X account, the outspoken comedian dismissed claims linking his ethnic authenticity to his political views, warning against the dangerous fusion of culture and partisan politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy lineage is authentic and well-documented,\u201d he declared, while accusing critics of politicizing Yoruba identity.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded them that the Yoruba people have existed long before the APC and will remain long after.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Yoruba people existed long before APC or any political formation in Nigeria, and we\u2019ll be here long after them,\u201d he wrote, adding that \u201cSupporting a party is a personal choice, but that choice has no bearing on one&#8217;s cultural authenticity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macaroni\u2019s firm stance extended to an unfiltered rebuttal of ethnic partisanship. \u201cAPC is not Yoruba, and Yoruba is not APC. Let\u2019s not get it twisted,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The post also revealed a more personal side of the entertainer, who referenced his past financial hardship as part of the journey that shaped his resolve and activism.<\/p>\n<p>In an environment where political loyalty is often weaponized, Mr Macaroni\u2019s message is both timely and daring-a loud call to separate identity\u00a0from\u00a0ideology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Nigerian actor and activist Adebowale Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has fired back at those questioning his Yoruba identity due to his refusal to support the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a bold post on his official X account, the outspoken comedian dismissed claims linking his ethnic authenticity to his political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66731,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66729\/revisions\/66731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}