“I Saved Her Number As ‘My Wife’” — Sarkin Mota Unveils Love Of His Life, Hauwa’u, In Heartwarming Video

Popular Abuja-based luxury auto mogul and founder of Sarkinmota Autos, Dr. Aliyu Mohammad — widely known as Sarkin Mota — has sent social media into a frenzy after officially unveiling the love of his life, Hauwa’u, in an intimate sit-down video where the couple chronicled their love story.

Known for dealing in high-end luxury vehicles, Sarkin Mota traded horsepower for romance as he opened up about the moment he first laid eyes on his future bride.

“Hello, my name is Ali Muhammad, Sarkinmota, Mijin Hawau [Hawau’s husband], the love of my life, the apple of my eyes,” he said.

“Hi guys, my name is Hauwa, and I happen to be getting married to this amazing person,” Hauwa’u added.

Recalling how they met, Sarkin Mota said he first texted her on Instagram, she added him, and when he saw her, he knew she was the one.

“So, the first day, before I saw her, I texted her on IG, she added me. And she replied me, then I replied her, then I saw her and I was like, oh, she is very beautiful. And she had a vibe I liked, so I was like, I’m going to get married to her. Then I saved her number as ‘My Wife’.”

“When we met, and then I was telling her, oh, I saved your number as my wife because I’m going to get married to you. She gave me this face, what’s this guy taking, you know?”

“I was very sure and I kept on telling her, when I left, I called her and I told her, definitely going to get married to you… So, you see, I manifested where we are today. It was beautiful, the journey had massive ups and massive downs, but we were meant to persevere, here we are. She’s all I think about. You know, she’s all I dream about. She’s all I look forward to. She’s everything and more.”

Hauwa’u said she first thought he was a very funny person, and they spent about four hours just gisting about everything.

“So, the first time we met, I thought he was a very, very funny person. So we had a very good conversation. I think we spent like four hours just doing gist, we spoke about basically everything. And then afterwards I was like, oh, like this is my very good friend.”

Sarkin Mota joked that he did not want to be in the friend zone.

“And he was like, what? Friend? I don’t want to be your friend, I don’t even want to enter that zone.”

On winning her over, Sarkin Mota said her food sealed it, and then he went after her family one by one.

“And then there was this time when we just knew we were going [to get married]. Then she made chow [food] for me. Oh my god, that was when I knew I was going to marry her for sure. Like she’s fine, she has good humor, and she makes amazing chow. Then I decided that to win her, I have to win over her siblings. Then I started going after them one by one. I wasn’t bribing them, I was going after them one by one. Then when I had the whole family behind me, she couldn’t resist. We came at her full force. The whole army and she succumbed, you know.”

Hauwa’u described him as very patient, saying he never gets tired of her regardless of her emotions, while Sarkin Mota said she tolerates him a lot and is the number one thing on the list.

“I’m not the easiest person to deal with and, you know, I will not say anything. He never gets tired of me. At all. He’s very patient. He just knows how to handle me, kind of thing, regardless of my emotions and all. I feel like that’s very important.”

“She tolerates me a lot, she tolerates me a whole lot. I feel like that’s the number one thing on the list.”

He also promised to marry only her.

“And I promise not to marry again, so… I’ll be the one and only for her. She will not come down, you know. When she starts getting… I will be like ‘How about my one and only?’ then she will remember, oh, it’s only her when she comes down. There are not many of us. It’s a good feeling to feel like you are going to be the one and only. She is my one and only.”

On their personalities, Sarkin Mota said she is very low-key, under-the-radar and does not love attention, while he is the opposite.

“We love each other so much but then it took a lot for us to be here. I feel like that’s why we have a level of comfort for each other. So basically, she’s a very low-key, very under-the-radar, very not-loving-attention person. And I’m the opposite. Because everywhere we go, they know me, they’ve seen me, you know, everybody is all over me.”

“It’s a very bad anxiety. I’m outside my comfort zone. Very bad anxiety… I used to tell him that it’s my least favorite thing about him.”

“You know, when we go out and people come around me, you think she’s having a heart attack!”

“I get scared. But well, I like my personal space… I’m an introvert, you’re an extrovert.”

“Yeah, I am the — if you search ‘extrovert’, that’s me you will see. Yeah. If you search ‘introvert’, you would see her. But you know, there’s a saying, positive and negative, when they join body they no dey separate. That’s us!”

He also recalled the famous “fancy chips” story, where she made chips with cheese and things he did not understand, while he just wanted normal fries.

“She’s a very posh, you know… there was a time I fasted. And I said, ‘Oh, I want to eat chips’, normal you know fries that we eat. And then I came and saw something. I was like, ‘Hey, I’m eating!’ and my local man — she’s a very fancy, you know — she made chips with cheese and some things that I did not understand. I was just eating the sauce, eating the sauce! You couldn’t eat it.”

“I did not understand the texture, I did not understand the taste. It tasted like something I knew, but it did not look like something I knew. So yeah, that’s something she’s going to definitely upgrade my eating to fancy chips.”

Describing her, Sarkin Mota said she is out of this world, a blessing, beautiful, understanding, tolerant, supportive, thoughtful and very smart.

“She’s a very fine [woman], she’s out of this world, out of this world. If you ask me, she’s a blessing. She’s beautiful, she’s understanding, sometimes [laughs]. She’s very tolerant too, because it takes a lot to handle me and my baggage. She was able to do that, you know. She’s very supportive. She’s thoughtful, and most importantly, she’s very smart. So, she knows how to navigate situations.”

Hauwa’u said her favourite thing is that he is all about her and does not play with her.

“With him, I think you’re very, very — you’re all about me. That’s my favorite thing. I don’t know if that’s being too selfish, but, yeah. I love the fact that he’s all about me. And he doesn’t play with me. And when I say he doesn’t play with me, you know not to do anything to me.”

“You know there is this joke, when your friend says ‘our wife’ — no, she is not our wife, she is my wife. I’m not a fan of it at all. So that is how much I do not play with her. I cherish her… And she is the line you shouldn’t cross.”

In his closing reflection, Sarkin Mota said he would choose her over and over again, in 10 lifetimes and in 50 lifetimes, because she taught him love, patience and understanding, and made him a much better person.

“I would choose her over and over and over and over and over again. I’ll do this in 10 lifetimes. I’ll do it in 50 lifetimes. Because she taught me love in a different light. She taught me patience, which is something I lacked. She taught me understanding, something I lacked too. She made me a much better person. Because she’s very — I call her, she’s like a very strong with her deen [religion], which is something I love, you know. She made me start fasting Mondays and Tuesdays, and now if I don’t read that [Quranic portions/prayers] I see it’s a problem. She’s really done so much for me and I’m glad that I am going through this journey with her. I’m glad she’s going to be my wife. And when we have children, I’m glad she’s going to be the mother of those children.”

He added that during Lailatul Qadr, the night stronger than a thousand nights, names were called and prayers were answered.