Man Fulfills His promise To Walk
From Lagos To Abuja If Buhari Wins,
Presently In Niger [See Photo]
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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 about 5am
the next day and arrived Ibadan
around 6pm.
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 Bida tomorrow by 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 by 27th of May and
celebrate with the new president at
his inauguration ceremony.