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New Record as President Buhari Trekked 800 meters to fitness for second term - Mhiz Rebecca - 08-22-2018
The Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari
has demonstrated his fitness to run for a second
term by trekking 800 metres from the Eid-praying
ground in Daura to his private residence.
President Buhari was said to have shunned protocol
and opted to trek some 800 metres, acknowledging
cheers from Nigerians, who lined up on his home
route to catch a glimpse of him, the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports.
One of the aspirants interested in the president’s
office is Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state.
He said last week that President is “too old’’ to
continue to rule the country beyond 2019.
According to Tambuwal, President Muhammadu
Buhari is just too old to be Nigeria’s leader, despite
his integrity and impeccable character. Tambuwal
stated this during a solidarity visit of students and
youth in Sokoto, last week.
President Buhari doing the 800 meters walk to
Jumat prayer
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VIDEO: President Muhammadu Buhari
acknowledging cheers from good people of Daura
after #EidAlAdha prayer earlier in his hometown,
Daura, Katsina State.
1:30 PM - Aug 21, 2018 · Daura, Nigeria
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Tambuwal said: “ We love President Buhari and that
was why we supported him in 2015 unconditionally, and
while doing that, we are too sure that he will seek re-
election after his first term, but when things are wrong
we have to tell him. We still believe in his integrity,
patriotism and courage but these are not enough for a
leader.
“We all know that there is a vacuum in the government
occasioned by his disposition probably because of his old
age or health condition. That is why Nigerians are
yearning for younger ones to lead this country."
However, Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s
senior special assistant on media and publicity, said
the trekking by the president was a positive
response to Tambuwal’s diatribe.
“ I think there are two things here; one is to say that the
President is responsive to the enormous support and
commitment of his own people that had come out in
their numbers to see him and he just decided that he
couldn’t go on riding in a black vehicle and he came out
and walked to the distance.
“The second thing, he is curious that these days, one or
two people who are aspiring to be president are
campaigning on their youthfulness and good health.
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“I think the president has done one thing today – that
the issue is not how old one is but how fit he is ; how
healthy he is. Now that the president has proven his
fitness and well-being to continue in office is a settled
matter.
“I think that if people want to campaign against him
they should do so on issues that are of significance to
Nigerians. The President is fit, he is healthy; he is good
to go for second term ," he said.