The ingenuity of Nigerians cannot be overemphasised just as the ‘follow follow syndrome’ cannot be taken away from some of them.
Ever since the conclusion of the 2015 presidential elections, some people have taken to trekking to either felicitate with the winner or ‘honour’ the loser.
Suleiman Hashimu started the season of trekking, after a promise between him and God, from Berger in Lagos to Abuja with a dream to meet with the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. His dream came true as he met with Buhari who thanked him for the trek.
Of course, nobody would believe that he met with Buhari and didn’t get anything from him, even after presenting a gift to the president-elect.
Ever since then, Abubakar Duduwale started walking from Yola in Adamawa to Abuja to witness the inauguration ceremony of Buhari. Ibrahim Musa, 30-year-old physically-challenged man, decided to trek from Kaduna to Abuja to also congratulate as well as deliver a personal message to Buhari on the need for his government to consider the physically-challenged in the country.
Adamu Abdullahi also announced his intention to walk from Maiduguri to Abuja to honour the president-elect.
Three other people took different routes. Mohammed Kabiru Jafaru rode his bicycle from Kaduna to Lagos to congratulate the vice president-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, while Oladele Nihi and Gloria are trekking from Abuja to Otuoke to celebrate Goodluck Jonathan as the hero of democracy.
The latest of the trekkers is Alice Daniel, a mother of five, with the youngest being less than two months old. She is trekking from Minna in Niger State to Abuja to personally congratulate Buhari after she lost out on a bet with her husband, Abdulwasiu.
Although her family tried to stop her from embarking on the journey, probably because of her young baby; but she was determined to fulfil her promise.
Aside meeting with Buhari and Jonathan, what else is in this trekking that more people are willing to do it?
