FINALLY THE TRAVELLER REACH HIS DESTINATION.

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.