On Friday, April 24, Suleiman Hashimu, the man who trekked from Lagos
to Abuja, got to meet with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari in the
presidential campaign headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in
Abuja.
Hashimu walked for 18 days in commemoration of the election victory of Buhari.
According to Hashimu, the journey was a personal promise he made to
God in 2013 that if Buhari contests and wins the 2015 presidential
elections, he would travel by foot from Lagos to Abuja.
Read below part of what he said to journalists in Abuja.
“I made a promise because of the love I have for Mr. President that
if Buhari should win the 2015 elections, I will trek from Lagos to Abuja
which I have done. I thank God that I made a promise and I fulfilled
the promise.
“I passed through Kwara and Niger states to Abuja. I was trekking
from 6.00am to 6.00pm and anywhere I find myself when it is 6.00pm, I
pass the night there.I spent 18 days from Lagos to Abuja.
“Once I found myself inside the bush by 6.00pm and I managed to
continue the trek till 9.00pm to a nearby village. I made this promise
two years ago. I am based in Ibadan and I started my journey from Lagos
because Lagos is the most popular city in Nigeria and I started from
Berger junction in Lagos.
“I am not bothered about what people think. It is a promise between
me and my God. I don’t want anybody to believe me. I left Lagos because I
made a promise. Right from Kwara state, I never walked alone for five
kilometres. People always walk with me to the next village. I work with a
construction company based in Ibadan.”
