“I was once a bus conductor” – Comedian Ali Baba Recounts Humble Beginning and Rise to Fame

In an interview with Channels TV, Nigerian ace comedian, Ali Baba, talked about his profession, its ugly side and how he stumbled upon being a comedian by accident.

The veteran and dad-of-four who disclosed that he was once a bus conductor and occasionally used his father’s car to convey people to their respective destinations as a taxi-driver, had described himself as a husband comic, writer, photographer, poet, artist, artiste, actor, motivational speaker, MC and talk show host.

In the interview, Ali Baba, real name is Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerer, recounted some odd jobs he’s done in the past to make ends meet before he came into the Nigerian entertainment industry.

”I have been a paddler, and a paddler works for people who have bakeries. He’s the guy that takes that paddle, puts it in the oven to check if the bread is ‘done’ or not.

I’ve been a Miller, and a miller is not the one that mixes the flour, he’s the one that puts the flour through the mill and he checks to see that it is properly done. I have done all of those two.

And I’ve loaded sand before, 80 pans takes about 1182 shovels; and we dig from where you have water, so you dig from the stream and it makes it heavier. You stand in the water, put your shovel in and then throw.

I’ve loaded bottles before in Super Bock. I have been a bus conductor before, from Ramah park back to Ogbaazu (in Delta State).

I had my dad’s Toyota Crown. I will take the car for washing and I would do kabu-kabu (taxi), bribe him by coming with all the newspapers and put on the table.”

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Ali Baba was born into a Royal Family in Agbarha Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state.

The comedian spent the first 8 years of his life in Warri, but after his secondary school education, and after acquiring a degree from the then Bendel State University, Ekpoma in 1990, he relocated to Lagos.

See videos of the interview below…

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