The 31-year-old, who started his tour from the Red Cross office in Lagos, would tour the continent spending an average of five days in each African state visited without using a plane.

His tour would solely be executed by public transportation marking the first African to undertake such adventure.

The tour, which he hopes to complete in 9 months, would make the 31-year-old the first African to tour the continent without a plane, using only the public transport system.

In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, May 8, Babalobi said funds raised from the tour would be donated to the Nigerian Red Cross, an NGO that intervenes on various fronts to assist the poor on the continent.

He said the tour would also promote the Borderless African Campaign advanced by Africa’s rising non-governmental organization

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