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Man Who Promised To Walk From Lagos To Abuja If Buhari Wins, Now In Niger by ELTON123(m): 12:52am On Apr 14, 2015
Suleiman Hashimu or ‘The traveller’ as I prefer to call him is an indigene of Katsina state, Funtua to be precise. He was born in Osun state but lives in Ibadan.
The traveler promised two years ago to walk from where ever he is to the capital of Nigeria, Abuja if General Muhammadu Buhari wins the election in 2015. BBC Hausa, Voice of America and Aminiya (a Hausa mgazine) interviewed him. He was in Lagos when Buhari was declared the President-elect of Nigeria. He left Lagos at about5amthe next day and arrived Ibadan around6pm.
He went to get a police report to allow for the smoothness of his journey but couldn’t wait and so, the D.P.O. gave him his phone number. Despite several discouragement from friends and at the same time, inspiration from friends and loved ones; he continued from Ibadan to Oyo. Then from Oyo to Ogbomoso.; And from Ogbomoso to Ilorin with much hospitality at every stop.
At Ilorin, some people escorted him for some miles and he stopped at Oloru. Oloru, to border’n Sa’ada and then to Jebba. He received so much hospitality from Jebba and unlike other villages he met a lot of people who had heard of the traveller. About 20 people set off with him from Jebba and after some miles, about 18 went back but the remaining two where determined. They met with armed robbers close to Makwa and luckily, he already met one of them in Jebba and he even gave him 200 Naira for pure water. The robber told his colleagues that he was going to see Buhari and he gave him 2000 Naira and then slapped the two men with him.
He continued his journey from Mkwa to Kudu and then to Kutigi. He is currently in Kutigi and will continue his journey to Bidatomorrowby the grace of God.
I asked him about his encounter with the different people and he said it was remarkable. Actually he gets more determined to move on from the people. He was even treated like a King in a village in Niger.
They sang tribal songs he didn’t understand and travellers stop to provide him with food and company along the way. Most of them are familiar with him because they travel the same route daily. Sometimes up to 10 cars would stop to converse with him. News travelled with the public transports to different places on his route and people from several cities, towns and villages on his route would call to check up on him and inquire about his journey.
He doesn’t know for sure if Buhari knows of him but several of his support organizations do. He intends to reach Abuja by27th of Mayand celebrate with the new president at his inauguration ceremony
Re: Man Who Promised To Walk From Lagos To Abuja If Buhari Wins, Now In Niger by agoadiv(m): 1:08am On Apr 14, 2015
Am praying for this topic to cross river nile
Re: Man Who Promised To Walk From Lagos To Abuja If Buhari Wins, Now In Niger by Khd95(m): 1:18am On Apr 14, 2015
Spoor no sha die 4 middle of no where






















Meanwhile....I seconded d poster above
Re: Man Who Promised To Walk From Lagos To Abuja If Buhari Wins, Now In Niger by Nobody: 1:30am On Apr 14, 2015
The whole world step aside for the man who knows where he is going . . . . 'Happy 'Walker's' Day!!!' Sai Buhari
Re: Man Who Promised To Walk From Lagos To Abuja If Buhari Wins, Now In Niger by donbabade: 1:32am On Apr 14, 2015
How many days now since embarked on his journey?

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