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.
It all started with the 33 year old Suleiman Hasheem,
who trekked from Lagos to Abuja in fulfilment of a
promise he made about two years ago, that should Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari win the 2015 presidential election,
he would trek from wherever he was to Abuja, which
he did.
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, Monday.
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