strangest: I thought there was a satelite sat 1 that Nigeria launched sometime ago during OBJ's regime that was suppose to be monitoring the earth? What are those guys at Obasanjo Space centre doing? Didn't they foresee the situation? Shouldn't someone be sacked?

hardbody:

You use night bus?

binger: you must be vry high on ganga! Didn't geography teach u about preventive measures against overfloodin in coastal areas by using water breakers & barriers Wast'd education.u ignoranc is ur mountain

adewasco2k: the pix above is old really......you gotta to see the same place now. should take some fotos to share later

ogbeche77: My question to FRSC is 'What is the current condition of the alternate route?' In a pathetic state i guess
Am sure this disaster did not happen overnight

kayswag100: folks dat have plied d Benin-Abuja-jos or simply Benin-abuja rd. Hw EXACTLY is d rd?

I HAVE TO BE IN JOS TOMORROW from benin.

Travelling with my wife and 1 yr old twin daughters 2mrw. What r alternate routes 2 take from benin?
Pls i NEED ur help and pls dont tell me to take a flight coz it isnt an option 4 me/us NOW!
Thanx!

Frankie9ice:

....alternate route? From Lagos to Abuja
I bet you won't want to try it,....Lagos-Ibadan-Ogbomoso-Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa-Bida-Abuja!!!!
Ogbomoso-Ilorin is manageable
Ilorin-Jebba is a DEATH TRAP (I suppose its worse than the Sagamu-Ore-Benin Rd),...except of course you drive thru Ilorin town,...burst out in Bode-Sadu,...then straight to Jebba.
Jebba-Mokwa is another living hell
....bottomline,...forget an alternate route,simply saty put in Lagos or Abuja jeje

Abang Mercy ‏@AbangMercy

Motorist from the South East should use Otukpa-Makurdi route, and those driving from Abuja to Lokoja should use Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi-Ankpa

stagger:

Brother, if you can, find money and fly: do not subject your 1 year old children to that stress. Your route is as follows:

Benin - Agbor - Auchi - Okene - Ayingba - Ankpa - Makurdi - Akwanga/Lafia - Abuja. In essence, you will do a complete C movement from Benin to Ankpa, then resume the northwards movement again.

Alternatively: (I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS SHORTER): Benin - Asaba - Onitsha - Enugu (one vehicle), then Enugu - Nsukka - Ankpa - Makurdi - Akwanga/Lafia - Abuja.

You will spend close to 20 hours on the road. To avoid your suffering, you can break the journey into 2 by stopping at Nsukka or Obollo-Afor to pass the night in a hotel, then resume the torture the next day.

josh4ever:

Obviously u were busy watching Africa magic and failed to listen to the news where many weeks ago, several warnings were given on tv and radio and in the papers about potential flooding...
Maybe if u have running stomach, govt must be to blame....

strangest:

Sir, no offence but what did the government do to curtail it from spreading further?

ogbeche77:
Na wa ooo... With all this directions, it either you are a luxurious bus driver or you assisted in drawing Nigeria map

stagger:

Brother, if you can, find money and fly: do not subject your 1 year old children to that stress. Your route is as follows:

Benin - Agbor - Auchi - Okene - Ayingba - Ankpa - Makurdi - Akwanga/Lafia - Abuja. In essence, you will do a complete C movement from Benin to Ankpa, then resume the northwards movement again.

Alternatively: (I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS SHORTER): Benin - Asaba - Onitsha - Enugu (one vehicle), then Enugu - Nsukka - Ankpa - Makurdi - Akwanga/Lafia - Abuja.

You will spend close to 20 hours on the road. To avoid your suffering, you can break the journey into 2 by stopping at Nsukka or Obollo-Afor to pass the night in a hotel, then resume the torture the next day.

BeraBera: They released a statement that people traveling from Abuja should go thorough Makurdi, Lafia

ogbeche77:
Na wa ooo... With all this directions, it either you are a luxurious bus driver or you assisted in drawing Nigeria map

folks dat have plied d Benin-Abuja-jos or simply Benin-abuja rd. Hw EXACTLY is d rd?

I HAVE TO BE IN JOS TOMORROW from benin.

Travelling with my wife and 1 yr old twin daughters 2mrw. What r alternate routes 2 take from benin?
Pls i NEED ur help and pls dont tell me to take a flight coz it isnt an option 4 me/us NOW!
Thanx!

kayswag100:

thanx man 4 taking ur tym 2 direct me.
...as I said flying isnt an OPTION!
We may just find somewhre 2 lodge when d journey gets too long.
Again, thnx! U r d best!!!

kawkab:

If you are traveling from Benin to Jos, your best bet is to join arik Air from Benin Airport to abuja. From Abuja you then take a Jos bound vehicle. but if you decide to go by road, this is your route Benin to Onitsha (1hr 15minutes) or Benin to Enugu Direct through Faith Motors (2:30minutes) from Enugu you can get a direct vehicle to Jos that would pass through Night Mile - Nsukka - Otukpa - Markurdi - Lafia - Akwanga - Sanga - Forest - Jos (7:30minutes)


For those going to Abuja from the Lagos Ibadan Axis, you have two options[i][/i]

Option One - Lagos - Ibadan - Oyo Town - Ogbomosho - Ilorin - Bode Sadu - Jebba - Mokwa - Kutigi - Bida - Lapai - Lambatta - Suleija - Abuja (this would take a minimum of 12 hours hoping that no vehicles / trailers breaks down along the Jebba mokwa axis) The Bode-sadu - Jebba - Mokwa - Kutigi - Bidda Axis is tortuous, you will feel like crying in the car. Please if you must pass through this route, try as much as you can to join fully Air conditioned car and dont try sitting on the last row of a Toyota Hiaice bus; preferably join a Toyota Sienna SUV at Jibowu; This would cost about N11,000.00 ( your are sure to spent at least 12 hours here. get prepared buy biscuits and Gala and water because apart from jebba most other place that the vehicle would stop you would not get something good to buy except dankwa, kulikuli and bread).

Option Two - Lagos - Ibadan - Akure - Owo - Akoko - Ibillio - Ogori Magongo - Okenne - Ajaokuta - Itobe - Anyigba - Ankpa - Otukpa Junction (then a complete C - Turn) - Makurdi - Lafia - Akwanga - Keffi - Abuja. this would take about 14 hours, it is longer but fewer bad spots.

Before some posters would start asking how I got to know this routes, I am a regular traveler and my job takes to me to different parts of this country. Just yesterday i traveled to Ibadan from abuja through the Jebba - Mokwa Ilorin road and on Wednesday last week i traveled from Enugu to Abuja through Lokoja; then the flood was just at the edge of the road.

Best of luck to all travelers.

Imanuelle: Isn't that a federal road7
FRSC betta get deir sorry ass down dere with some reasonable manpower.....
D water i met there wasn't funny.

What are d boats going to do dere? Will dey lift our cars?
Dey should betta think of a way to pump off A̶̲̥̅̊¿¿ d H20

DanoskyZ: Chai!! I'm in Abuja n nid to get to Awka 2morow. Pls I nid help on how to go about dis and transit time estimates.