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 HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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