Another walker, Malam Abubakar Umar, 43 years, who started trekking from Yola, Adamawa, on Saturday to celebrate the victory of President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, arrived Gombe on Thursday where he spent the night.
Umar said he was carrying more than 70 letters of requests from people of the North East region to Buhari which were gave him.
He said that most of the requests he received from the people were urging the president-elect to address insecurity and rebuild the region.
Umar, popularly known as African Duduwalle, said some women had also asked him to appeal to Buhari not to scrap the office of the First Lady.
According to him, the women said the office provided them opportunity to benefit from empowerment opportunities, appointments and other benefits.
“My bag is full of letters and requests from people who said I should give Buhari.
“Women also told me that I should appeal to the president-elect not to scrap the office of the First Lady, which affords women the opportunity to air their views as well as benefit from the government.
“Some people also told me to appeal to the president-elect to do something on the issue of Boko Haram; they even said they would bring photographs of the insurgency,” he said.
The man, who said he was an ardent supporter of Buhari since 2003 when he was a youth leader on the platform of the defunct ANPP, was happy to hear that Buhari had won.
Umar explained that his walk to Abuja was also to identify with notable Adamawa indigenes such as the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Aliyu Mustapha; and wife of the president-elect, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, among others.
The walker said he had earlier planned to ride a bicycle to Abuja, but was encouraged by the trekking of Mr Suleiman Hashimu, who trekked from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate’s victory in the March 28 election.
On his experience on walking a long distance before now, he recalled an instance where he trekked from Adamawa to Cameroun.
Officials of Airtel Nigeria received the man and provided him with a smart phone to enhance his communication as he proceeded to his destination, Abuja.
Umar thanked Nigerians from all walks of life that provided him with water, food and other assistance on his way.
Also speaking, the North East Zonal Business Manager of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, Malam Muhammad Ibrahim, said the company was proud to identify with the man who is an Airtel customer.
Ibrahim said as a social responsibility of the company to the customer who was embarking of such heroic action, the company believed it should support him with means of communication, hence the gift of a smart phone.
He said workers of the company kept contact with him as well as assisted him during his journey and that the assistance would be sustained to ease his burden of his trekking.
The man, who spent the night in Gombe, continued with his journey to Abuja on Thursday. (NAN) Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Walking long distance or pretending to walk under the guise of celebrating or supporting a victorious politician is now the in-thing????. Nigerians, copy, copy, follow ,follow, no originality. Are Nigerians Rank Zerox, that taught the world to copy. Joblessness is at it once again. Very soon someone will trek from nigeria to the "SUN" to celebrate on mumu/foolish politicians ballot snatching victory.
ReplyDeleteWalking long distance or pretending to walk under the guise of celebrating or supporting a victorious politician is now the in-thing????. Nigerians, copy, copy, follow ,follow, no originality. Are Nigerians Rank Zerox, that taught the world to copy. Joblessness is at it once again. Very soon someone will trek from nigeria to the "SUN" to celebrate on mumu/foolish politicians ballot snatching victory.
ReplyDeletePeople should stop all these trekking saga. Its so demeaning. Saying you have been a supporter of GMB since 2003 is suspicious; so if he had lost what wld you have done...hang yourself? Come to think of it what is the brain behind all these trekking...cant you just post those letters across or on Social media? Who is even monitoring that these trekkings are even true. Enough said you intending trekkers should get a life...
ReplyDeleteYour critique on trekkers action is rather demeaning. Try to appreciate the reason behind their action. This people are embarking on this strenuous journey out of their die hard support for GMB which culminated into his victory. So it a walk of celebration base on the fact that one, an incumbent was defeated;two their vote counted and three, the hope of the electorates are reassured that GMB will deliver base on his track record and antecedent.
ReplyDeleteThis is Buhari change .
ReplyDeleteMr change what is all this now??
ReplyDeleteLet us kill all the formal presidents now ?? I don't think you guys need peace in this country with all this stupid statement , Are we going back to fight again ? why are you people praying for buhari to state probing people now that to start working for us so that we can get light and jobs not to end with the same stories ??
ReplyDeleteBuhari i will start walk from PH to Abia state today wait for me ,so that i can also receive certificate ..APC..
ReplyDeleteI am going to trek from Umuahia to Abuja so that Buhari will give me my own share of what he gave to the two trekkers.
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