Alibaba Recounts his Near Death Experiences Via Automobile Crashes

Alibaba recalls how close he came to death on two different occasions.

The pioneer of Nigerian stand up comedy, Alibaba has taken to Instagram to recall how he escaped death by the whiskers in two different car accidents.

According to him,the first one happened in Ogba, Lagos, while the second happened along the Shagamu express road.

The first accident, he said, occurred after the driver of their vehicle dozed off. The second one happened as a result of a burst tyre, he said.

In the first accident, he was told that he kept screaming “my check, my check”, though he believed that what he was saying was “my chest”, he said.

his posts below;

At about 5.30am, just as we passed the #ConcordNewspaper bend on that road linking old domestic to international, I still can remember clearly, that I thought I saw the guy driving nod off on the steering wheels.

I tried to engage him with a joke, next thing, the car was somersaulting. Must have been more than three times. As it rolled over and over, I kept shouting one thing. Efe, was to tell me later, Ali money go do you something”… what?

She said I kept shouting “My cheque! My cheque!! My cheque!!!”How was I to know? To God almighty, I thought I was shouting “My Chest!”… anyway, we later found #TheBookof5000JokesAndOneliners that I was reading. And true, there was a cheque inside. A Trans International Bank crossed cheque of 65k. In 1993… But I still believe I was saying ‘my chest.

In another post, he wrote about the second accident;

The second near death accident was on our way back from the #CoscharisTableTennistournament. The Hiace Bus bringing us from Nnewi somersaulted into the bush after a burst tyre. I was the second passenger in the front seats, next to the driver.

As God would have it, I was looking for my sentimental cassette to change into my Walkman and had removed my seatbelt. I remember trying to lock back my seatbelt when the tyre burst. I was flung out, through the windscreen onto the hot Shagamu expressway and the bus continued its somersaults into the bush. I was one of the only three people who had no serious injuries. The bus was full. I joined in bringing bodies to the road.

We are glad we still have him around.