An Aide To Buhari Tells Youth To Pray Rather Than Trek

An aide to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari Alhaji Mohammed Shehu, has urged youths to pray instead of trekking for the incoming leader’s administration.

According to him, the incoming administration accept the joy of youths over Buhari’s election but would prefer that they divert their energies towards praying than going on risky journey.

On the claim that the trekkers were ignored, Shehu said: “that is not true. Even outsiders have been bringing gifts and food for them out of goodwill.
Some of the trekkers said they had taken off at different times on the solidarity walk to the capital.

The only female among the group of 22, Lauratu Musa, said she took off from Kaduna eight days ago with her 15 year-old son, Adamu Abdullahi.

`I collected 28 goodwill letters from the various villages I lodged in on my way. This is my son, he was bitten on the way by plenty mosquitoes but we thank God we are here’’, she said.
Alhaji Bulama Mustapha, the Deputy Chaiman of APC in Damaturu, said on the telephone that the Youth Leader, Musbau Mohammed, “rode his bicycle from Damaturu.

`He had said from beginning that if Buhari won the election, he would ride to wherever he was to greet him and I kept in touch with him on phone all the way.’’

Nwaopa Sunday said: “I’m here to strengthen relationship between the North and the East. I reside in Anambra and I trekked for 15 days.

`I visited NTA, Lokoja, Yangoji Palace and the Eze Ndi Igbo of the 19 Northern States, Uche Egenti, who gave me a solidarity letter on my way here.’’

The trekkers, 22 in all, cut across various ages ranging from 20 to 63, and came from different parts of the country including Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Yobe, Anambra and Kaduna States.