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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Emeks008(m): 11:19am On Aug 22, 2022 |
Madmazel99: The road is a bit better right now. The road is presently been dualized. I came back to Abuja from Onitsha last week Saturday and that's the road we followed. |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Emeks008(m): 11:24am On Aug 22, 2022 |
My best and shortest route is ilesha - Iwaraja - efon alaye - erio - aramoko - ijero ekiti - ido ekiti - oye ekiti - iffe ijumu - kabba to obajana then head straight to lokoja. Lokoja straight to Abuja. Passing through Akure, Owo, akoko to ibilo, okene, Lokoja is a long route. I wish you safe journey 4 Likes |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by sheedy407(m): 11:30am On Aug 22, 2022 |
You don do conductor before? Emeks008: 5 Likes |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 11:38am On Aug 22, 2022 |
Emeks008: Thank you. The driver came back from Abuja yesterday and he said the road is bad. Since it's his route and he Plies it all the time, it's only normal we let him decide what's best for the team. We've fixed the temperature issue. No more AC. We're not even bothered about when we get to Abuja. Everyone is gisting and laughing and happy. Nobody's in a hurry. We're back on the road. 4 Likes |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Es350: 12:38pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
richmondefosa:I wish you safe journey bro. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Orire01(m): 12:53pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Make i they refresh Safest trip!!! 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 1:05pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Nigeria is such a beautiful country. Akure is such a neat city. 5 Likes
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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by idu1(m): 1:26pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by BeanmanX(m): 1:31pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Safe journey,,, 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by brighttech95(m): 1:49pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Journey Mercies 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by kelmicheal: 2:03pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Before 8pm una go reach abuja 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by michlins(m): 2:16pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Abuja is one city I swore I must visit before end of the year. Either work takes me to Abuja or I travel for vacation. Next year will be Kano and Jos 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Emeks008(m): 2:47pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Nemesis0147(m): 3:27pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Alert us when you reach bros OP |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by Patrioticbreed9(m): 4:01pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Ntori olorun am in love with this thread. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by missyojo(f): 4:15pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
richmondefosa: How much is the the fare from Lagos to Abuja? |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by OyeofIkoTuN(m): 4:57pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
where you dey? |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 5:18pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
missyojo: I paid 14k. |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 5:20pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
OyeofIkoTuN: From signboards, I'm in kogi west. I have passed kabba. I should be heading towards obajana or Lokoja. I no Sabi the road. |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 5:26pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
So far, my journey has been an excellent one. My fellow passengers have been exciting. We've talked about tons of things. The roads on this route are excellent. We're alternating between 130-140 km/h. This is steady. Driver is dropping steady and classic Igbo music. At this point, I must commend the kids travelling with us. They've been peaceful. No crying or wailing. As I type this, we're at dangote cement factory in obajana. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 5:33pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
What's a thread without pictures? 1st picture is suya and Pringles. I bought Pringles for the kids and they were excited. Their mom and aunt are nice young ladies. Second picture is Rufus Giwa polytechnic. We also passed by Adekunle Ajasin university akungba. We were so fas I couldn't get a proper picture. 3rd picture. I found soft fresh agbado. Very sweet. 4th picture is The cement factory at Obajana. Obajana has terrible roads. I presume this is because of the heavy duty trucks plying this aspect of the road. 2 Likes
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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 5:51pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Permit me to add that we've met a few security checkpoints manned by men of the Nigerian Police and the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian army personnels were stern looking but nice guys. Cracked a few jokes for us. May I also add that they were smartly dressed and neat. I told one 'esprit de corps'. He asked which and I told him I'm not a force man but my dad and uncle were forcemen. I told him Major general**** was my uncle. You needed to see how his face lightened up. I also told him my dad's rank in the Nigerian Navy and the guy gave me a handshake. God bless the Nigerian military. They're not perfect but they give their all to see us safe. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for men of the Nigerian Police force. Shabby looking men who were asking us for money. I told one of them to dress properly and tuck in. He responded and said "your mama". I looked at him straight in the eyes, called his rank and name. I said "sargeant bawa, what did you just say?" He froze and apologized. Experience has taught me that When you call a service man by his rank and add his name, he behaves himself. Probably because he thinks you're a force man with a higher rank or you probably know his superior. This is a wild guess but it always always works for me. 5 Likes |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 6:02pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
One of the passengers was dropped at Lokoja. Such a nice, easy going and funny guy. He said he's going to akungba. So far so good. Ahead ahead we move. Attached here is a picture of Arise Tv studio van. While taking the pictures, one of the passengers asked if I'm a journalist. I said no and asked why. She said I've been snapping since the beginning of the trip. Then I told her I started a thread here and I'm updating my nairaland people. 2 Likes
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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by michlins(m): 6:22pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
Still following |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 6:37pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
A few pictures from kogi. Lokoja is a dirty city (apologies to any who feels offended). From here, I got about 2 hours to cover before I hit the city of Abuja. We had a few issues with our brake but it's all sorted out. No cause for alarm. Everything is under control. The arise TV guys have passed us. This was possible because of the delay we had checking our brakes. Location update: we've passed NNS Lugard. The naval base at Banda. We're heading towards Abaji. Day is getting dark. 2 Likes
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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by jesmond3945: 6:44pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
richmondefosa:Brother, thank God. No bandit or kidnapping? Is this news of kidnapping and banditory exaggerated |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 7:22pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
So we had an accident immediately after my last post. A trailer stayed in the centre of the road. After honking several times, he didn't budge so we decided to overtake. While overtaking, we were honking. More than half of our vehicle has passed, the trailer driver swerved towards us and hit us. The hit damaged a small part of our bumper. Both drivers parked to assess the damage. Trailer driver is saying we're the ones that hit him. We're insisting that he's the one that hit us. On careful observation, the driver doesn't even have a side mirror so he didn't see us coming before he swerved towards us. Trailer driver is asking to pay 15k for damage. Our driver is angry. He called panel beater and panel beater is saying 40k. They're here arguing. I'm snapping pictures for you guys. Am i bothered? No. 1 Like
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Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 7:27pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
jesmond3945: It's not exaggerated. However, their activities are heightened on certain roads. |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by jesmond3945: 7:30pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
richmondefosa:Please, i know of kaduna abuja, is lokoja abuja safe? |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by missyojo(f): 7:35pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
richmondefosa: Ok |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by missyojo(f): 7:38pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
richmondefosa: Ohhhh!! Ohhhh So sorry about that. Where did this happened? And where are you guys now? Stay safe please 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos To Abuja By Road: A Nairalanders Experience by richmondefosa(m): 8:09pm On Aug 22, 2022 |
jesmond3945: Lokoja - Abuja road is safe. |
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