2023: I’ll sacrifice more for Tinubu’s victory says Gombe-Abuja trekker
31-year-old Mohammed Umar who had on Oct 24, began a 425-kilometre walk from Gombe to Abuja, to draw support for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 poll said he would sacrifice more for Tinubu’s victory in 2023.
Umar, a member of TinKas Tinubu/Shettima Support Group, who told newsmen shortly before starting his walk in Gombe, that his action was to show support for Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 poll, said he had no regret galvanising support for Tinubu and Shettima.
Speaking to Periscope Nigeria, on Tuesday through telephone, Umar stated that nothing would make him happier than to see Tinubu become President of Nigeria come 2023.
According to him, for the past eight days, he had been on the road he had been meeting other people who strongly believe the Tinubu/Shettima ticket was the right formula to addressing the challenges of the country.
“I am still on the road, I am not tired even though I often get weak but after resting I get renewed for the journey.
“Anytime I get to any office of the APC in any location, I greet them and they commend me and that gives me more confidence to move.”
The father of three said people he had been meeting while on the journey had been kind to him, “some on finding out that Tinubu is the reason for my walk, give me money to buy food ranging from N350, N500 and so on.”
Umar who said he was now in Fadan Karshe in Kaduna State said the journey had been demanding but rewarding for him because he had been getting more encouragements even from pastoralists along the road.
“I am not just trekking, I am also sensitising villagers and engaging those I meet on the way on why they should vote for Tinubu and people are listening and commending me.”
He stated that while in Bauchi and Jos, he met with some members of APC executives in Bauchi and Plateau States respectively as well as some youth leaders of the party in those states and “ I told them my reasons for embarking on the journey.”
Umar called on youths to support the Tinubu/Shettima ticket, adding that the ticket “holds the solution keys to the challenges of the country.”
