Political Extremism: Man Dies after Drinking Drainage Water to Celebrate Buhari’s Re-election

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The death of Bala Haruna, a strong supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari in Bauchi State, who died after battling with Gastrointestinal bleeding in the hospital as a result of drinking drainage water, has continued to fly on social media.

When I learned about Bala Haruna, a strong supporter of President Buhari and his extremist tendency and resolve to spend 10 minutes inside a gutter and drink the drainage water if President Buhari wins the presidential election, I wondered if he has got a human brain. If I had seen him, I would have asked him to jump inside a pit toilet instead; to drink the dung, but on second thought, I had to conclude that some humans are not normal.

Haruna actually fulfilled his promise as he swam in a gutter and drank dirty water from it the moment Buhari was declared the winner of February 23 presidential election in the early hours of Wednesday, February 27. But the problem now is that he did not live to enjoy the rights and wrongs of President Buhari’s leadership that he sacrificed for. According to reports, Haruna was rushed to the hospital after complaining of severe abdominal pains and severe stooling of blood for two days and was diagnosed with Gastrointestinal bleeding, which was contacted from the contaminated water he drank.

A similar incident happened in 2015 when a man named Abubakar Duduwale trekked from Yola in Adamawa State to Abuja to celebrate Buhari’s victory. It was also reported that the man was admitted at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, after developing leg injury as a result of the trekking.

I have seen and heard of people who eat, drink, party or celebrate the victory of their fan politician or sports club; they don’t punish themselves to show their excitement. Consequently, if their fan loses, then they have reason to destroy lives or properties, but for someone to destroy his life to celebrate the victory of a fan, I will rather say it is way out of line. But whether it is to celebrate the victory of a fan or oppose the victory of a foe, does it worth destroying the life that God has given us? Today, Bala Haruna is making face wrinkling headlines, but inside the grave - no thanks to his suicidal stunt.

Some stories are too disgusting to be true but here we are; we have to face reality and deal with realities of life because nothing exists that God has not empowered us to handle.

Written by Olive Chinyere Amajuoyi