PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday revealed why he embarked a trekking length of 800 meters.

Buhari had on Tuesday after Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Daura, Katsina State, shunned protocol, amid cheers from hundreds of well-wishers who lined the route, embark on 800 metres walk from the prayer ground to his private residence.

The Presidency had said Mr Buhari carried out the action to prove to his critics that he was able and capable of running for a second term in office.

The claim generated mixed reactions.

“I think there are two things here,” said Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu.

“One is that the president is responsive to the enormous support and commitment of his own people that came out in their numbers to see him.

“And he just decided that he couldn’t go on riding in a black vehicle, and he came out and walked the distance.

“The second thing, he is curious that these days, one or two people who are aspiring to be president are campaigning on their youthfulness and good health.

“I think the president has done one thing today – that the issue is not how old one is but how fit he is; how healthy he is.

“That the president has proven his fitness and wellbeing to continue in office is a settled matter,” Garba added.

But distancing himself from the stand of the Presidency, Buhari said he decided to embark on the trek to see the people of his constituency.

Buhari denied he did it to proof he was fit to run for a second term.

“Much has been said about my walk in Daura,a few days ago,” the president on Friday through his twitter handle @MBuhari said.

“I didn’t do it to prove my fitness to anybody.

“The people of my constituency came out in large numbers to see me, & the car in which I was had tinted windows. So I decided to come out of the car so the people could see me,” Buhari said.

Source: https://www.headlineng.com/why-i-embarked-on-800-meters-walk/

Oga go and rest, it's because that tactics didn't work.

Useless bonga fish

LOL kick and start, bloody liar of a president and presidency. Damage control on fleek, why didn't you foóls just allow sleeping dogs to lay down ? Buhari spoke abi AND he did so via his TWITTER HANDLE that he most probably doesn't even know exists a twitter handle managed by Tolu Ogunlesi abi na Kayode Ogundamisi (it's one of these foóls sha though they both blocked me)
Buhari and co can lie pass devil sha, it's an APC zombies thing

Keep fooling yourself

Which stupid prove?

So walking 800metres means you are capable for another term?

So you have to walk to prove you can provide employment,

So you have to walk to prove you can boost our economy,

So you have to walk to prove you can make $1= #1,

So you have to walk to prove you can remove subsidy you lied you already removed,

So you have to walk to prove you can take price of fuel back what you met before!!!

No sir, you've only proved you're capable of walking back to daura come 2019.

Nobody gives a fvck....

Why does the President always relate by proxy? PMB is obviously not dumb....

every time a spoke person, why can't the Buhari himself ever say something?abi he hard for him to compose simple English?

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Why did he do it when he just got back from UK after recharging his artificial heart?

He should try it in one month’s time when the heart walls would have been weak and would need another update in UK

Fool!! As in a very foolish old fool!

Gosh!

Northerners are so backward, the same man they are cheering has failed to improve their standard of living, education economic wise, even the common Road he passed through, he could not even construct it.

Why are zombies and BMCs always disgracing diasef wen trying to defend the inadequacies of buhari??

Sai baba Buhari

Kwantinu

It was obvious from the video he was walking to be seen by his passionate, cheering people.
But then anybody can twist anything to suit his/her own narrative.

Does Buhari look like he cares? Hell no!

So, Garba Shehu lies about president fitness.

Let his brain work faster

How can a man of Buhari's age just choose to fool himself?

Well tutored by mister Lai

Garba effectively thrown under the bus.

I dint even read anything!! But I must comment.

If his legs are strong to walk 800m what about his brain

A camel can walk from Nigeria to Chad does that deem it fit to rule over the animal kingdom?

SMH

This man can lie for Africa I know that he's laughing @ us thinking that all of us are zombies but this mistake must be corrected in 2019

Baba is training ahead of his trek to Daura in 2019. I urge all his followers to follow suit so they could accompany him home after 2019 presidential elections.

The walking president indeed!

A president that can not talk to his people or local journalists by himself, is that one a president?

They've tolded him what to say