Robbers Gave Me N200 For Pure Water On The Road – Man Who Trekked From Lagos To Abuja

Suleiman Hashimu, will no doubt
enter the Guiness Book of Record as
the first man to trek from Lagos to
Abuja.
‘The Traveller,’ as he is now been
called, had vowed to walk from
Lagos to Abuja if Muhammadu
Buhari won the 2015 presidential
election.
Hashimu arrived Abuja yesterday
evening after trekking for over three
weeks.
Hashimu, a native of Katsina State,
said he was in Lagos when Buhari
was announced the president-elect
of Nigeria, so he left Lagos at about
5am the next day and arrived in
Ibadan around 6pm.
Narrating his ordeal to newsmen
upon his arrival in Abuja, Hashimu
said he had gone to get a police
report at Ibadan to allow for an
unimpeded journey, but that as he
could not wait for the processes to
be completed, the divisional police
officer (DPO) gave him his phone
number.
The journey man said when he first
embarked on the journey, many
persons discouraged him, especially
family members but he never gave
up.
He told journalists that in Ilorin,
people accompanied him for several
miles until he stopped at Oloru,
where he received much hospitality
in Jebba. He said unlike other
villages, he met people who had
heard of him.
He further explained that about 20
people set off with him from Jebba
and after some miles, 18 turned
back, but the other two were more
strong-minded and followed him.
The Traveller narrated how they
encountered armed robbers close to
Mokwa, but that, fortunately, he had
already met one of them in Jebba
and the would-be robber ended up
giving him N200 for ‘pure’ (sachet)
water.
Hashimu said he continued his trip
from Mokwa to Kudu, then from
Kutigi to Bida, and then to Suleja,
after which arrived in Abuja
yesterday.
Upon his arrival in Abuja on
Monday, many residents were
already waiting to receive him.
When residents of FCT saw him, the
chorus of Sai Buhari rented the air.
Unconfirmed report said a top
politician had already paid for a
room in Transcorp Hilton where he
would lodge.