Aliyu Sani, the man whose viral video drinking gutter water in 2019 to celebrate the declaration of Muhammadu Buhari as President has disclosed his regrets and betrayal after the incident.
Sani said if he knew what he knows now, he would never had taken such extreme celebration mode saying it almost cost him his life
He said shortly after immersing himself in the gutter and drank some of the contents, he felt sick and almost died.
“I was down for three days and my eyes hurt me so bad l thought l was going to die,” he recalled.
He was caught in the euphoria of the Buhari effect which spread like wide fire in the northern part of the country , especially among the youth.
As his own way to showing his love for Buhari, Sani bathed.and drank from the gutter.
Sani said he is full of regrets for support the President’s victory in 2019 has decided to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) after being frustrated with lies if the party.
Sani, who is also known as Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari told of his frustration while addressing a press conference in Bauchi on Wednesday.
“My name is Aliyu Mohammed Sani, popularly known as Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari, but that was in the past”, he said.
“I am the person that almost everybody was aware that when Muhammadu Buhari won the 2019 election, I took bath and drank from gutter in celebration of his re-election victory”, Sani disclosed.
According to him, as a result of the incident, many people came to see him and sympathised with him.
He said many APC bigwigs he contacted kept on making empty promises while others claimed they cannot assist him because he keeps mentioning the contribution of Musa Azare to him who is not a member of the APC.
While thanking Musa Azare for always assisting in many ways, Sani said that the attitude of Musa Azare was what motivated him to dump the APC for Governor Bala Mohammed and the PDP.
“That is why I am here to categorically state that from today, anybody who call me or addresses me as Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari will be suit to court.
“Now I have become Ali Gayu Na Baba Kauran Bauchi and Musa Ahmed Azare, the Jagaban of Jagaban Katagum. I congratulate the Governor on his re-election victory”, he said.
Aliyu Mohammed who regretted that, of all the APC members no one cared about him apart from Alhaji Musa Azare who is of the PDP, added that since then, he became Azare’s loyalist.
“He was happy to have come and meet me in good condition because there were speculations that I died as a result of drinking from the gutter, but after confirming that I am fine, he even gave me a token”, he said.
Aliyu said he was at the Correspondents’ Chapel Secretariat to announce that he has shifted his loyalty to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi and Alhaji Musa Azare.
“The reason why I dumped the APC is, despite the wide spread reports of my action then in the media, they didn’t care about me”, he said.
Aliyu Mohammed Sani said, since the incident occurred, he has continued to practice his work as a tailor, sewing shirts, especially those that have to do with political activities, adding that there are about 20 youth working under him.
“They are learning work from me, I have trained many youths, all of them are under my care. I told the APC that my major concern is not to get money from them but to empower me through my skill”, Aliyu said.
According to him, “I was not an idle person when I did that, just empower me on what I am doing, I am not expecting money from you, I just need to be motivated. I was in APC because of the love I have for the party”, he pointed out.
He said many APC bigwigs he contacted kept on making empty promises while others claimed they cannot assist him because he keeps mentioning the contribution of Musa Azare to him who is not a member of the APC.
While thanking Musa Azare for always assisting in many ways, Aliyu Mohammed Sani said that the attitude of Musa Azare is what motivated him to dump the APC for Governor Bala Mohammed and the PDP.
“That is why I am here to categorically state that from today, anybody who call me or addresses me as Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari will be suit to court.
“Now I have become Ali Gayu Na Baba Kauran Bauchi and Musa Ahmed Azare, the Jagaban of Jagaban Katagum. I congratulate the Governor on his re-election victory”, he said.
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