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Road Trip, Abuja - Tafawa Balewa(bauchi) - Wukari(taraba) - Makurdi - Abuja / Lagos To Zaria Road Trip (with Pics) / My Road Trip From Lagos To Owerri And Back. (2) (3) (4)
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:13pm On Jun 19, 2016 |
Finally Lokoja. At the waterside.
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Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:15pm On Jun 19, 2016 |
On one of those bridges after Lokoja on Lokoja-Abuja road
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Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:19pm On Jun 19, 2016 |
At final destination. Arrival at 1530hrs, 395.5miles (633km) over 8hrs.
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Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by kingreign(m): 7:04am On Jun 20, 2016 |
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Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by lonelydora: 3:33pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
Thank God you arrived Abuja safely, but if i were you I would have taken Owerri - Onitsha - Onicha Ugbo - Uromi- Okene - Lokoja. But got to be very careful along Okene - Lokoja route because of armed robbers. Guess you made good use of your 'Cruise Control' on the Lokoja - Abuja stretch? 1 Like |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by adinoyiM(m): 5:50pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
Piyke: This is the Murtala Muhammed Bridge. Right over the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by adinoyiM(m): 5:52pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
Piyke: Congratulations on the safe trip. |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:02pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
Although I saw that route on Google maps, don't know anyone that has used it. Have you? I did use a bit of cruise control but I enjoyed stomping the pedal myself while on that clean stretch |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:04pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
adinoyiM: Thanks a lot. Actually called it Abuja bridge in my mind |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:05pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Nobody: 12:13am On Jun 21, 2016 |
Piyke thanks for the few beautiful pictures. much appreciated and we also thank God for safe arrival at your destination. |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Nobody: 10:19pm On Jun 21, 2016 |
Nice one Piyke. Glad u arrived safely It seems the Enugu-abuja route is smoother than Okene-Abuja route . . . truly the potholes (and armed robbers) no dey look your face , in fact two cars were robbed on my first trip. Our bus had to wait for police to turn up b4 we continued. For a moment I was happy not to drive 1 Like |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by emmaak2(m): 2:56pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
WOW CONGRATS WHAT WAS THE MODEL OF YOUR CAR? |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by kingreign(m): 4:05pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
Piyke: Next time, stomp hard as soon as you pass the Lokoja bridge. wwhen you get tobyour comfortable speed, let the cruise control do its own. (Do not fall asleep or get distracted during this crucial time). |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:13pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
noxide: Thank God your trip was safe as well. All the best |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:21pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
dumo1:Thanks mate! |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:23pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
emmaak2: 2003 Accord LX, 2.4L |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 8:40pm On Jun 23, 2016 |
kingreign: Thanks Oga King. One more reason why I didn't do this was I noticed that this road although good had many sections where the road surface was warped. Since it was my first time doing the road I decided to go manual. BTW the best road in Nigeria I have driven on is Warri- Ughelli - Patani road. Ibori through Setraco really did a fantastic job there |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 11:27am On Aug 06, 2016 |
IdaraCHODB: Hello bruh, noticed I omitted a response to the bold in error. My bad. Still setting up my place so may not be able to attend to fixes till next month. I'll let you know once I'm good |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by IdaraCHODB(m): 7:55am On Aug 08, 2016 |
Piyke: That will be nice...on second thoughts, I should have contacted you offline, was planning to do so. All the best |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by SerPounce(m): 7:30pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Good evening Piyke, have you by any chance done this trip again recently? I'll be driving to Abuja from Owerri by this weekend, and would have loved to know the current state of the roads. Especially this rainy season. I last did this trip in February (Abuja to Owerri). The roads were relatively OK then. Will like to know the current state of the roads and the best route to take. Anyone with info kindly help out. |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 1:35pm On Nov 11, 2018 |
SerPounce: Can't believe I'm just seeing this. The mention didn't work this time. Guess you would have made the trip. Haven't done this since the trip that made me open this thread, so not really sure of the state of roads. Abeg, update on the roads. May have to drive to Enugu soon. Will also be helpful as folks plan festive travels. |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by SerPounce(m): 12:06pm On Nov 14, 2018 |
Piyke: Yes I made the trip last Saturday. The roads were slightly better than I expected, given the rainy season. Bad roads between Owerri and Okigwe but there's an alternative route through Anara. Since you're going to Enugu, the rough spots I noticed were 1. The road just on the outskirts of Nsukka along the Enugu - Makurdi road. 2. The Ajaokuta road. Nothing too terrible though. I barely felt any scrape on the underside of my vehicle. 1 Like |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Piyke: 5:54pm On Nov 14, 2018 |
SerPounce: Phew! Good to hear. Thanks for the update. |
Re: Best Route: Owerri To Abuja Road Trip by Ayomarcel(m): 4:22pm On Sep 17, 2020 |
Amazing journey |
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