By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
A Bauchi man, Aliyu Mohammed Sani, who bath and drank from the gutter in celebration of President Muhammadu Buhari's victory in 2019, has finally dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in frustration over what he described as neglect and abandonment of him by the APC.
Sani who is also known as 'Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari', while addressing a press conference in Bauchi, said he has withdrawn his loyalty from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said: "My name is Aliyu Mohammed Sani, popularly known as Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari, but that was in the past. I am the person that almost everybody is aware that when Muhammadu Buhari won the 2019 election, I took bath and drank from gutter in celebration of President Muhammadu Buhari's election victory", Aliyu Mohammed Sani disclosed.
According to him, as a result of the incident, many people came to see him and sympathized with him, among whom were Alhaji Musa Azare, who, he said, took flight to Bauchi to see how he was faring after drinking from the gutter.
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. He 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 trade 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 who is not even 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 calls or addresses me as Ali Gayu Na Baba Buhari will be sued 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. NNL.
