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Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 6:25am On Sep 13, 2014 |
i need to go home for a funeral. I know the normal routes are: 1.Abuja - Nassarawa - Otukpo - Nsukka - Enugu - Umuahia - Ikot Ekpene - Uyo 2.Abuja - Lokoja/Ankpa road - Lokoja/Ajaokuta Road - Asaba/Agbor Highway - Enugu/Onitsha Expressway - Onitsha Owerri Expressway - Aba Owerri Expway - Uyo 3. Abuja - Lokoja - Auchi - Onitsha - Owerri - Aba - Uyo 4. Abuja - Lokoja - Benue - Enugu - Umuahia - Ikot Ekpene - Uyo But all 3 routes have something in common: passing through the bad Ikot ekpene/abia state route. It should be possible to completely avoid the bad roads even if the journey is lengthier in theory by doing Abuja - Port Harcourt - Ikot Abasi - Uyo But I haven't driven the route before. I'd appreciate comments to enable me decide. In particular is the port harcourt - Ikot abasi - uyo route as good as some online comments make it appear. Has anyone ever driven this exact same route? Please kindly put in a word for me |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Nobody: 7:00am On Sep 13, 2014 |
I recently took the PH -ikot abasi route, d road is quite good only if u can avoid passing through Eleme junction. That portion of the East -west road is horrible but if u know port harcourt well , u can go through elelenwo to avoid that part.Asides that part, the road is superb .I hope dis helps |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by prinsbasy: 11:00am On Sep 13, 2014 |
My broda. Forget about all these long routes you're typing. Just do abj-lokoja-ajaokuta-ochadamu-otukpa- 9th mile-udi- agbani junction- umuahia - ikot ekpene-uyo. You'll save fuel and at least 80% of the road is in good condition. Except for some yeye custom officers around that ajaokuta bridge and SARS at okigwe axis, I think you're good to go. But make sure your papers are complete and correct. Because anti robbery police men are the real robbers on that road walahi. 1 Like |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 2:48pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
prinsbasy: My broda. Forget about all these long routes you're typing. Just do abj-lokoja-ajaokuta-ochadamu-otukpa- 9th mile-udi- agbani junction- umuahia - ikot ekpene-uyo. You'll save fuel and at least 80% of the road is in good condition. Except for some yeye custom officers around that ajaokuta bridge and SARS at okigwe axis, I think you're good to go. But make sure your papers are complete and correct. Because anti robbery police men are the real robbers on that road walahi. Thanks but I can't find this on the map: ochadamu. You must mean Otukpo not Otukpa? |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 2:56pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Justtobor: I recently took the PH -ikot abasi route, d road is quite good only if u can avoid passing through Eleme junction. That portion of the East -west road is horrible but if u know port harcourt well , u can go through elelenwo to avoid that part.Asides that part, the road is superb .I hope dis helps Thanks. I don't know port harcourt at all not to talk of well, does that mean I would get lost? No visible signs to guide a first timer? |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Nobody: 1:29pm On Sep 14, 2014 |
nah bro...but of u can get to phc , u can definitely find your way around. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 11:27pm On Sep 18, 2014 |
leaving for uyo tomorrow morning, will try to document the trip as best i can... |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 1:29am On Sep 19, 2014 |
398 miles or 640.5 kilometres. Expected travel time is 9 hrs 30 minutes |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 4:16am On Sep 19, 2014 |
Enugu to uyo is just 250km but because the road is so bad it takes up to 5 to 6hrs to do. Abuja to kaduna is a little over 211km and takes 1hr for the dare devils but 2hrs to 2.30 hrs for the saner ones among us. Shd it be the enugu route or shd i take the east west road? |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 4:36am On Sep 19, 2014 |
Abuja to Enugu 410km in 5 hours, roads in good condition |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Ikenna351(m): 4:43am On Sep 19, 2014 |
fegeitok001: Abuja to Enugu 410km in 5 hours, roads in good condition You will meet a small bad road around Ajaokuta. After that, the rest is smooth. Though, from Otukpo to 9th mile Enugu is not that smooth. I found a smoother route to Enugu in my last trip last week. Abuja-Lokoja-Ajaokuta-Otukpo-Enugu is the safest route to Eastern states. Longer, but safer. I have never used any other route other than that to East. Should take 7-8 hrs, if driven sensibly. Ikenna 2 Likes |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 4:55am On Sep 19, 2014 |
Ikenna351: thanks according to Google maps, is it the one with union high school along the nsukka onitsha road, St. theresa's college road from which ill enter the amangwu road/enugu otukpo road how many kilometres are we looking at in all? |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Ikenna351(m): 5:16am On Sep 19, 2014 |
fegeitok001: Ha! Me I don't know anything about Nsukka Onitsha road. All this una Map sef! Anyway, I have gotten used to the road that I don't pay attention to some of these details anymore. But I do know Abuja to Lokoja is about 200 km. In fact, its like this: Abuja to Lokoja is about 2 drive. Lokoja to 9th mile Enugu is about 5 hrs drive. You can do less or more. It depends on your speed. Ikenna |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 6:05am On Sep 19, 2014 |
148380 odo reading at start |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by aieromon(m): 6:24am On Sep 19, 2014 |
@OP,safe journey. The Abia part of the trip will be horrible because of the large craters on the road. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Nobody: 1:12pm On Sep 19, 2014 |
fegeitok001: 148380 odo reading at startwhich car make are you doing it with |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 6:48pm On Sep 19, 2014 |
I arrived in one piece and the car is 99.5 % ok. I need to rest. Ill update with technical details,my feelings, conclusions etc. The summary of my experience:avoid all the interstate routes in abia state if you can if you value your vehicle even if it will triple the journey 1 Like |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 7:07pm On Sep 19, 2014 |
Bossforeva: which car make are you doing it withmazda mpv 2000 lx |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by aieromon(m): 10:08pm On Sep 19, 2014 |
fegeitok001: I arrived in one piece and the car is 99.5 % ok. I need to rest. Ill update with technical details,my feelings, conclusions etc. I always pity motorists that have to assess other parts of Nigeria from Uyo via Abia. Its not a pleasant experience at all. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 11:08pm On Sep 19, 2014 |
East West road wins! I could have spared the experience/trouble if someone had done an impersonal and unbiased comparative analysis before now |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by adanny01(m): 12:13am On Sep 20, 2014 |
Although am seeing this thread just now, i would have contributed thus: Abuja-Lokoja-Ajaokuta-Ejule(off Ankpa rd)-Obollo-9th mile-Udi(udi rd to Enugu/PH express)-Okigwe-Umuahia-Aba-Omusoya rd-Eleme junctn-Ikot Abasi-Abak-Uyo Commercial buses use the Umuahia-Ikot ekpene-Uyo. Thats only because they save on fuel and they dont pay for repairs from their pockets, its all taken care of by their various transport companies. I will not subject my car to that road. Last time i used that road, we traveled a long distance off road on one dirt road just to skip some unimaginable creek size of a pot hole. Its a round trip once you pass Umuahia on Enugu-PH express, what option do you have if you dont drive a truck or suv? All roads in Abia state are the worst in the entire Nigeria. Immediately you pass Okigwe, wahala don start. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by fegeitok001: 4:29am On Sep 20, 2014 |
Can a country without a good transportation network compete with another country with a bad transportation network? Now replace country with state where state means a subnational govenment. Honestly i dont think abia state can compete with its peers. I pity the good people of abia state. I hope their roads can be resurrected. Ill visit that state in another 5yrs to 10 yrs they then they shd have catched up with the rest of the country roadwise |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by uboma(m): 4:51am On Sep 20, 2014 |
fegeitok001: Enugu to uyo is just 250km but because the road is so bad it takes up to 5 to 6hrs to do. No way can anyone make to Kaduna from Abuja by road in just 1hour. Its not possible. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by danadam(m): 7:29am On Sep 20, 2014 |
uboma: It's possible bro. there's a new road through jere-bwari, you can make it if you're fast enough and traffic isn't much on the highway. I had a training in abuja for Saturday morning 9 am, I left kano some few minutes to 6 am and I was at the venue by exactly 9 a.m. 3 hours kano to abuja and I even stopped for refreshments... so it's very possible. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by abatically(m): 7:41am On Sep 20, 2014 |
danadam: U got there in 3 hours, uboma was saying it is impossible to travel that distance in 1hr. If truly the distance is 211km, for u to make the journey in 1 hour then u have to be doing 211km/hr for 1 hour. Of course we know that is not possible on any Nigerian road. Hardly possibly on any road in the world unless some isolated interstate roads where u hardly see any vehicles. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by uboma(m): 7:44am On Sep 20, 2014 |
danadam: Why didnt you go through the new route so as to make it to Abuja in 1hour? |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by danadam(m): 10:44am On Sep 20, 2014 |
abatically: My bad... didn't really take note note of the total kms from kaduna to abuja through the jere-bwari route. I will measure the distance when next i'm passing through. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by danadam(m): 10:52am On Sep 20, 2014 |
uboma: I passed through the new route but I really didn't take note of the particular time I left kaduna so I can't categorically state how many hours it took me to make the kaduna-Abuja trip. What I remembered vividly is praying subhi by 5:30 am, taking my bath, hitting the road around 5:55 am and by 9 am I was at the venue of the training at Abuja CBD. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Nobody: 12:29pm On Sep 20, 2014 |
danadam:with ur benz? |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by Lilimax(f): 12:35pm On Sep 20, 2014 |
Abuja to Uyo-by road? That must be a very long journey |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by uboma(m): 12:45pm On Sep 20, 2014 |
danadam: The point i am making is no one can make to Kaduna from Abuja in 1hour. |
Re: Abuja To Uyo By Road on 19 09 2014/ Uyo To Abuja By Road on 21-22 09 2014 by danadam(m): 12:53pm On Sep 20, 2014 |
Bossforeva: with ur benz? Yes. |
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