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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.

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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

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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:

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

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:

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?

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 start
which 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

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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 with
mazda 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.

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

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.

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?

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:

No way can anyone make to Kaduna from Abuja by road in just 1hour. Its not possible.

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:

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.

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:

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.

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:

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.

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:

Why didnt you go through the new route so as to make it to Abuja in 1hour?

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:

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.
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 embarassed
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:

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.

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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