A middle-aged man, Malam Abubakr Umar, who started trekking from Yola, Adamawa State on April 26 to Abuja to celebrate the victory of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, arrived Bauchi on Saturday.
Umar, 43, popularly called “Duduwalle” by residents of Jimeta in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, told newsmen in Bauchi that he was carrying more than 300 letters of requests from people of the North East to Buhari.
According to him, most of the letters contained requests urging the president-elect to address the problem of insecurity and re-build the sub-region.
He said the letters were given to him by people along the road, adding: “Some women have also asked me to appeal to Buhari not to scrap the office of the First Lady.”
The walker said the women told him the office would provide them the opportunity to benefit from women empowerment programmes and other benefits.
He explained that his walk to Abuja was also to identify with notable Adamawa State indigenes such as the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Aliyu Mustapha; and wife of the President-elect, Hajiya Aisha Buhari.
The walker said his main objective for the trekking was to further encourage Buhari to carry on with his plans for Nigeria, especially the North East, ravaged by insurgency.
Meanwhile, Umar had left for Abuja on foot, after his brief stopover in Bauchi.
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