LAGOS TO ONITSHA WITH EASE

By Tony Onyima

Concerned by the increasing complaints about the pains of Nigerians plying the Lagos-Onitsha route, I decided to seize an opportunity on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 to find out the real situation. For complete experience, I traveled with one of the transporters at Jibowu. After an excruciating traffic along Redeemed Church corridor, we finally commenced the journey to Onitsha at 10:30am. By the time we arrived the Niger Bridge, I had counted 60 checkpoints. I was painstakingly taking notes and few shots. These checkpoints were manned by either soldiers, police, customs, SARS, FRSC or a combination. Below are the locations of the checkpoints to guide your next trip to Onitsha.

LAGOS TO ORE:
1. Ilisan - Police checkpoint just in front of Babcock University
2. Ilisan 2 - Another police check less than 300 meters after Babcock
3. Ijebu Ode toll gate - Customs
4. Ijebu Ife - Police
5. Ijebu Itele - Customs, FRSC and Army
6. Ijebu Itele 2 - Police and FRSC
7. Ijebu Itele 3 - Police
8. Ajebandele - Police
9. Ajebandele 2 - Police
10. Ajebandele 3 - Police and FRSC
11. Ajebandele 4 - Army, Police
12. Ajebandele 5; less than 100 meters - Police
13. Ajebandele 6; less than 40 meters - Police
14. Ajebandele 7 - Police
15. Ajebandele 8 - Police
16. Ajebandele 9 - Police
17. Akinfosile - Police
18. Omotosho - Army
19. Omotosho 2 - Police
20. Obatedo - Police
21. Orilewo - Police
22. Orilewo 2 - Customs
23. Orilewo 3 - Police
24. Orilewo 4 - Police
ORE TO BENIN:
1. Ore 1 - Police
2. Ore 2 - Customs and Police
3. Ofosu - Army
4. Ofosu 2 - Police
5. Ofosu 3 - FRSC and Police
6. Ugbogui Town - Police
7. Okada - Customs and Police
8. Okada 2 - Police
9. Okada 3 - SARS
10. Okada 4 - Police
11. Okada 5 - Police
12. Okada 6 - SARS
13. Okada 7 - Army
14. Okada 8 - SARS
15. Okada 9 - SARS
16. Okada 10 - Police
17. Okada 11 - Police
18. Okada 12 - Police
19. Iwinosa - SARS
20. Benin toll gate - Customs, FRSC, SARS
21. Benin By-Pass - Police
22. Benin By-Pass 2 - SARS
23. Benin By-Pass 3 - Army
24. Ugoneki - Police
25. Ugoneki 2 - Police
26. Abudu - Customs
27. Abudu 2 - Army
28. Omumu-Agbor - Army, FRSC, Police and Customs
29. Agbor - Police
30. Ekwuoma - Police
31. Issele Uku - SARS
32. Issele Uku 2 - Police
33. Akwa Ukwu - Customs and Army
34. Ogwashi - Customs
35. Okpanam - Customs and Police
36. Onitsha Bridge head - Mopol

You can imagine what will happen in the next two weeks when my brothers and sisters begin their Christmas migration.

All federal roads in Nigeria are more like death traps to the masses..

Its a shame

All uniformed armed robber checkpoint

helinues:
All federal roads in Nigeria are more like death traps to the masses..

Its a shame

Are you this dumb , you left the topic and started saying rubbish

Must you comment ...all because u hope north would hand over to your kin you have lost your sense

mrvitalis:

Are you this dumb , you left the topic and started saying rubbish

Must you comment ...all because u hope north would hand over to your kin you have lost your sense

Have you abandoned your cancelling jobs? You are not in the category of people to respond to ever..

As this moniker is currently active, canceller's is always on break...

Take note buddy

helinues:


Have your abandoned your cancelling jobs? You are not in the category of people to respond to ever..

Take note buddy

Canceling jobs u mean ? ..never did that ...oga stick to the topic or shut up

mrvitalis:

Are you this dumb , you left the topic and started saying rubbish

Must you comment ...all because u hope north would hand over to your kin you have lost your sense

laughing out loud...

Easy bro don't add emotion to it cos we warned u

helinues:
All federal roads in Nigeria are more like death traps to the masses..

Its a shame

open a topic on that if u must.. This one is about unnecessary roadblocks every 20metres on southern routes esp in the south east

Mightyhaiz:
open a topic on that if u must.. This one is about unnecessary roadblocks every 20metres on southern routes esp in the south east

So how many road blocks are from Sango to Idi Iroko?

helinues:


So how many road blocks are from Sango to Idi Iroko?

u can do a research on that too if you need the info badly.. I suppose your prowess shouldnt just be limited to rendering off point comments on every single thread on nairaland. Make a research and make it known like the op

The road blocks to the East are really annoying and I pity those they affect.

Ask questions nicely, ask even for the car registration docs or my DL and I'll willingly present them but police no dey hear word that's why they always chop slap.

I was on that road last week en-route Bayelsa. We are more safe now than before. Let the checkpoints remain. The police just have to be more professional in discharging their duties.

Na wa oooo are we in a democracy or did we just got invaded by another country?

IamR:
I was on that road last week en-route Bayelsa. We are more safe now than before. Let the checkpoints remain. The police just have to be more professional in discharging their duties.

alas someone with sense. They always complain, must always have a reason to complain. Smh. They complain of highway robbers, complain about fulanis kidnapping them on the highway, they are still here complaining about check points again which is obviously meant to protect the highways. It's not as if, the corrupt officers will ask them(the travellers) money, it's the drivers that will pay it all if the officers should ask for bribe at the end.

So what exactly is these peoples' problem in life? Or are they just wired to complan every seconds of their life?

Too much bitterness in them.

The road blocks listed are all in the SouthWest and SouthSouth.

I know Igbos suffer from a victim complex, so I will conclude by saying only Igbos ply the roads and route.

The Yorubas who should ply the route within the SouthWest employ black magic to appear at their destination, while the Bini people of Edo employ witchcraft and fly in the clouds.

Only the Igbos transit on the roads, so the road blocks are deliberately to punish them.

mrvitalis:

Are you this dumb , you left the topic and started saying rubbish

Must you comment ...all because u hope north would hand over to your kin you have lost your sense

This one is in agony and wailing in advance for the 2023 elections.

All he thinks about is 2023 presidential election, and the dilemma of the Igbos who with self inflicted animosity, have no support across Nigeria.

This is completely true. I travelled to Enugu early November n regretted that journey, the checkpoints are just numerous. It could even be more than 100.

Mightyhaiz:
u can do a research on that too if you need the info badly.. I suppose your prowess shouldnt just be limited to rendering off point comments on every single thread on nairaland. Make a research and make it known like the op

Then I guess this is personal.

helinues:


Then I guess this is personal.

call it anything,but a studied effort at derailing threads with off points can really be enervating.

Throwback:


This one is in agony and wailing in advance for the 2023 elections.

All he thinks about is 2023 presidential election, and the dilemma of the Igbos who with self inflicted animosity, have no support across Nigeria.

I guess u live and breathe Igbo. For there's hardly any comment of yours without the keyword Igbo in it.. Anyways good luck as an unsolicited Igbo hype man

dubra:
LAGOS TO ONITSHA WITH EASE

By Tony Onyima

Concerned by the increasing complaints about the pains of Nigerians plying the Lagos-Onitsha route, I decided to seize an opportunity on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 to find out the real situation. For complete experience, I traveled with one of the transporters at Jibowu. After an excruciating traffic along Redeemed Church corridor, we finally commenced the journey to Onitsha at 10:30am. By the time we arrived the Niger Bridge, I had counted 60 checkpoints. I was painstakingly taking notes and few shots. These checkpoints were manned by either soldiers, police, customs, SARS, FRSC or a combination. Below are the locations of the checkpoints to guide your next trip to Onitsha.

LAGOS TO ORE:
1. Ilisan - Police checkpoint just in front of Babcock University
2. Ilisan 2 - Another police check less than 300 meters after Babcock
3. Ijebu Ode toll gate - Customs
4. Ijebu Ife - Police
5. Ijebu Itele - Customs, FRSC and Army
6. Ijebu Itele 2 - Police and FRSC
7. Ijebu Itele 3 - Police
8. Ajebandele - Police
9. Ajebandele 2 - Police
10. Ajebandele 3 - Police and FRSC
11. Ajebandele 4 - Army, Police
12. Ajebandele 5; less than 100 meters - Police
13. Ajebandele 6; less than 40 meters - Police
14. Ajebandele 7 - Police
15. Ajebandele 8 - Police
16. Ajebandele 9 - Police
17. Akinfosile - Police
18. Omotosho - Army
19. Omotosho 2 - Police
20. Obatedo - Police
21. Orilewo - Police
22. Orilewo 2 - Customs
23. Orilewo 3 - Police
24. Orilewo 4 - Police
ORE TO BENIN:
1. Ore 1 - Police
2. Ore 2 - Customs and Police
3. Ofosu - Army
4. Ofosu 2 - Police
5. Ofosu 3 - FRSC and Police
6. Ugbogui Town - Police
7. Okada - Customs and Police
8. Okada 2 - Police
9. Okada 3 - SARS
10. Okada 4 - Police
11. Okada 5 - Police
12. Okada 6 - SARS
13. Okada 7 - Army
14. Okada 8 - SARS
15. Okada 9 - SARS
16. Okada 10 - Police
17. Okada 11 - Police
18. Okada 12 - Police
19. Iwinosa - SARS
20. Benin toll gate - Customs, FRSC, SARS
21. Benin By-Pass - Police
22. Benin By-Pass 2 - SARS
23. Benin By-Pass 3 - Army
24. Ugoneki - Police
25. Ugoneki 2 - Police
26. Abudu - Customs
27. Abudu 2 - Army
28. Omumu-Agbor - Army, FRSC, Police and Customs
29. Agbor - Police
30. Ekwuoma - Police
31. Issele Uku - SARS
32. Issele Uku 2 - Police
33. Akwa Ukwu - Customs and Army
34. Ogwashi - Customs
35. Okpanam - Customs and Police
36. Onitsha Bridge head - Mopol

You can imagine what will happen in the next two weeks when my brothers and sisters begin their Christmas migration.

Nice investigative work...

But you didn't tell us if they extorted you, harassed you or simply stood on the road.

Nice work by the way

Throwback:
The road blocks listed are all in the SouthWest and SouthSouth.

I know Igbos suffer from a victim complex, so I will conclude by saying only Igbos ply the roads and route.

The Yorubas who should ply the route within the SouthWest employ black magic to appear at their destination, while the Bini people of Edo employ witchcraft and fly in the clouds.

Only the Igbos transit on the roads, so the road blocks are deliberately to punish them.

Don't derail the thread. Even though it was written by an Igbo, it doesn't mean the issue raised is an Igbo issue only.

Its really unfortunate. Most of them are targeting Igbo business men and their money.

Wicked set of souls. Its always sad driving the road honestly.

why not stay in SouthEast and Develop there, we secure our Region from yours because we dont trust you

Northern to SouthWestern Borders are free in kogi and kwara because we trust them, same as SouthWestern to SouthSouth Borders in Ondo

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itsme01:



why not stay in SouthEast and Develop there, we secure our Region from yours because we dont trust you



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Is there any problem from them being on the way? Is it not for our safety? If they extort masses and motorists is a different things entirely which you can secretely record for government to take action. Are we not the one shouting robbers, kidnappers and fulanis have taken over our major routes,blah, blah..acusing buhari up and down? Joint security forces are back on our roads to protect lives and properties, but you people are still shouting. Please, op, try to conduct another research on how many armed robbers, kidnappers, ritualists and fullani herdsmen are being frustrated to operate along the same route because of presence of Nigeria armed forces and report back on this forum before we can take you more serious

This people's victim mentality and persecutory syndrome is neausating. Over 90% of the listed road blocks are located in the SW and SS and I'm yet to see a Yoruba, Ijaw or Bini person claiming the road blocks were there to persecute them.

You guys need to quit this idea of the world revolving around you, cos' no one cares about your existence