The Nigerian President, President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he was seen running in Mecca, during his visit to Saudi Arabia.

The President stirred reactions when he was found running during his visit to the Saudi Arabia.

People were wondering what could have caused that, but Buhari told the NTA that it was part of his religious activities.

He explained that he was nothing but an ordinary man before God.

Asked why he was running, President Buhari said, “Yea. Try and understand the performance of Hajj and Umrah.

“There is a certain place where you have to jog; that was what I did, I am complying with the religious terms of doing the thing, and I am begging God to lead me and make me succeed.

“That is the place to do it and I was doing it very hard.                                              

“Who is the president before God? He is just as ordinary as you; we are all ordinary before God.”