Since the victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28
presidential election in Nigeria, many Nigerians have been trekking in
solidarity and celebration of his victory from different directions of the
country to Abuja, the nation’s federal capital city.
The latest in the league of the trekkers is a 35 year old
nursing mother, Mrs. Alice Daniel, who is now on her way from Minna to Abuja to
fulfill a promise she made also, just
before the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections.
Narrating her story in an exclusive interview with Newsline,
Mrs. Alice, a mother of five, said it all started when her husband, Abdulwasiu
informed her that he had a dream that President Goodluck Jonathan was going to lose the presidential election to
Gen.Buhari.
She said she told her husband that it would not be possible
for an incumbent president to lose the election to an opposition candidate,
adding that even if he won, he would not be declared winner as was the case in
the 2007 and 2011. At the time, she said, she was heavily pregnant and due for
the labour ward.
Mrs. Alice said prior to the election, the issue came up
again in one of their discussions with her husband and three other people
present, where she promised that if Gen. Buhari won the election and was
declared winner she would trek from Minna to Abuja to personally congratulate
him for the victory.
According to her, she gave birth to her last child on April
2, 2015, and that she was determined to fulfill her promise with the
declaration of Gen. Buhari as the winner of the March 28 presidential election.
Mrs. Alice, a Gbagyi by tribe, from Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger
State, told Newsline that there were
efforts by her husband, mother and some family members as well as friends to
stop her, but that her mind was made up to fulfill the promise she had made to
herself. She took off on the foot journey at about 6:00am on Sunday, from
Chanchaga bridge, and while sharing the experience of her mission so far, she
said it was fun and that some motorists who were ignorant of her mission
offered to assist her but she declined, while others gave her money.
When asked
of the health hazard of her mission on her and her newly born baby girl,
considering the fact that she gave birth just barely 40 days ago, she expressed
optimism that nothing would happen to her and her child and that the only thing
she looked forward to was for her to accomplish her mission.
Mrs. Alice, who
resides at Anguwan Daji, in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State,
said if she reached Abuja she will head straight to Gen. Buhari’s campaign
office where she hoped to be led to the president-elect. Mrs. Alice said she
intends to walk between 6:00am to 5:00pm daily and rest at intervals. And as at
the time of compiling this report, Mrs. Alice Daniel was already around Baidna
Village, near Kwakuti, along Minna-Suleja Road where Newsline had this
interview with her on Monday,
Culled; TILB
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