Return trip: Lagos to London by Bus.

Return trip: Lagos to London by Bus.

Friday: 12/02/16. 

Departed Lagos via ABC Transport, by 9:30am. Arrived Accra (Ghana) by 1:40am. Journey time: 16 hours.

Expenditures: 

Bus ticket to Ghana: N10 400.

Breakfast: N600.

Evening time meal: N200.

Ghana tel line/simply card: Cedes/C 8.(equivalent to N600, as at the days rate).

Subtotal: N11,800 equivalent to £42.5   

Saturday: 13/2/16.

STC bus departed Accra by 3:15pm. Arrived Kumasi by 20:41 hrs. Departed Kumasi 21:10 hrs, arrived Kintampo 12:00am. Departed Kintampo 12:40am, arrived Tamale 4am. Departed Tamale 4:19am, arrived Bolgatanga 7:00am. Departed Bolgatanga 7:34am, arrived Paga border with Burkina Faso 8:45am. Departed Paga border 9:55am, arrived Ouagadougou 14:20 hrs. Journey time 23 hours.

Expenditures:

Taxi from ABC Transport Terminal to STC Bus Park, Cedes/C 20.

Bus fare to Quagadougou, Cedes/C100

Guest house to refresh etc, Cedes/C 35.

Food, Cedes/ C25.

Taxi from guest house, to STC Bus Park, Cedes/C 5.

Lugage, Cedes/C 10.

Food with helper/bus attendant, Cedes/C 11.

Top up, Cedes/C9.

Water, Cedes/C1.50

Tip for bus attendant, Cedes/C2

Subtotal: Cedes/C 218.5 equivalent to £39.7

Note: STC bus is Ghana State owned Bus Company. It has air-condition, and has security/armed escorts. Their telephone +233302221414, +233302221932. (STC Ouagadougou address: Gare-routiere, Patte-doie.

Sunday: 14/2/16.

TCV bus departed Ouagadougou by 22:45hrs. Arrived Bobo Dioulaso 3:40am. Journey time: 5 hrs.

Expenditures:

Taxi from STC Bus Station/Park to TCV Bus Station, CFA1,000

Telephone top up, CFA1000.

Taxi to cash point, CFA2000.

Food, CFA7,000.

Ticket to Bamako, CFA17,000.

Subtotal: CFA28,000 equivalent to £34

Note: TCV is Burkina Faso State owned bus. It has air condition. Tel nos,  +22620977575, +22675791300. TCV Nigerian tel: +2348056953337, +2348091603548. TCV buses can be located at Marina Bus Park in Lagos. They go to Mali, cote D Ivoire,Ghana, Togo, etc.

Monday: 15/2/16.

Bus departed Bobodioulasso by 6:35am. Arrived Sikasso (border with Mali) by 9:10am. Departed Sikasso border/frontiers by 10:35am. Arrived Bamako 16:45 hrs. Journey time: 6 hrs. Departed Bamako by 5pm, arrived Keyes(Mali) by 5:30am. Journey time: 12.5 hrs.

Expenditures.

Paid CFA2000 to Burkina Faso Gendarmes/Police.

Paid CFA2500 to Malian Gendarmes/Police.

Paid CFA1000 for taxi that took me to Sonef Bus station. 

Paid CFA2000 for telephone top up.

Paid CFA30,000 for onward ticket to Dakar.

Miscellaneous, CFA1000.

Subtotal: CFA38,500 equivalent to £46.3

Tuesday: 16/2/16

Bus departed Kayes (Mali) by 6am. Arrived Malian border with Senegal by 7:30am. Departed the frontiers/border by 11:50am. Arrived Dakar 23:40hrs. Journey time 16 hrs. (Total journey time from Bamako to Dakar 12.5 + 16 = 28.5 hrs).

Expenditures.

Paid CFA3000 to Malian border police/gendarmes.

Paid CFA500 for motor bike that took me to catch up with my bus.

Paid CFA3000 to Senegalese border police/gendarmes.

Food and water, CFA2000  

Paid CFA2000, for taxi that took me to hotel.

Paid CFA15,000 for my hotel in Senegal.

Subtotal: CFA25,500 equivalent to £30.7 

Note: I took Sonef Bus from Bamako to Dakar. www.sonefmali.com tel +22320206739

Wednesday:17/2/16.

Departed Gare Du Pikin (Dakar Central Motor Park), to St Louis (a city in Senegal) by 12:30pm. Arrived 16:45hrs. Departed St Louis by 17:30hrs. Arrived Rosso (Senegalese border with Mauritania), by 19:07hrs. Journey time 5hrs : 52minutes.

Expenditures 

CFA3000 for taxi that dropped me at Gare du pikin (Central Motor Park in Dakar).

CFA7000 for taxi to St Louis.

CFA3400 for taxi to Rosso (Senegalese) border.

CFA2000 to Senegalese police for stamp on my passport.

CFA5000 for the place I passed the night.

Subtotal: CFA20,400 equivalent to £24.5

Thursday: 18/2/16.

Departed Rosso Mauritania (border between Senegal and Mauritania) by 11:20am. Arrived Nouakchott 14:15hrs. Departed Nouakchott 17:00hrs. Arrived Nouadibou (a Mauritanian city near to Moroccan border) by 23:00hrs. Journey time: 9 hrs.

Expenditures.

CFA2500 (equivalent to £3) to one Mr. Rasheed for his assistance at the border. 

MRO2000 (equivalent to £4.5) to one Mr. Momodu for his assistance at the border.

MRO3000 (equivalent to £6.8) for telephone top up.

€120 (equivalent to £94.8) for Mauritanian visa.

MRO5000 (equivalent to £11.4) for transport to Nouakchott.

MRO6000 (equivalent to £13.7) for bus ticket/fare to Nouadibou 

MRO9464 (equivalent to £21.7) for the hotel (Hotel AL Jazira, tel +22245745317) that I slept over at Mauritania. 

Subtotal: £155.9

Friday 19/2/16 – Saturday 20/2/16

Taxi from hotel at Nouadibou to the frontiers/border with Morocco, less than 30 minutes drive. Bus departed Gargarate (Moroccan border) by 17:48hrs, arrived Dakhla by 22:34hrs. Departed Dakhla 23:00hrs.  Arrived Laayunne by 7am. Departed Laayunne 7:24am. Arrived Tantan 12:15pm. Departed Tantan 12:40hrs, arrived Tiznit 16:45pm. Departed Tiznit 16:53, arrived Agadir 18:30hrs. Journey time: 24hrs: 42minutes.

Expenditures 

€10 (equivalent to £7.9) + MRO3000 (equivalent to £6.8) paid to the driver that took me from hotel to the border.

MRO2700 (equivalent to £6.2) to the Mauritanian border police.

DH565 (equivalent to £41.2) for bus fare from Moroccan border to Agadir by Supra Tours.

Breakfast DH21 (equivalent to £1.5)

Lunch DH13 (equivalent to £.95).

Dinner DH25. (equivalent to £1.8).

Top up DH20 (equivalent to £1.4)

Subtotal. £67.75

Sunday: 21/2/16.

Bus departed Agadir by 12:05am. Arrived Marakesh by 3:30am. Entered train from Marakesh. Train departed Marakesh by 4:46am. Arrived Casablanca by 8am. Departed Casablanca by 9:35am, arrived Tangier Ville by 3pm. Ferry crossing from 17:55hrs to 18:55hrs. Journey time: 13 hrs, 4 minutes.

Expenditures.

DH316 (equivalent to £23.06), for both bus and train fares from Agadir to Marakesh and Tangier.

DH28 (equivalent to £2.04) for breakfast. 

DH10 (equivalent to £.73p) for my taxi from Tangier Ville train station to Tangier Ville port for ferry.

DH400 (equivalent to £29.19) for ferry ticket to Algerciras (Spain).

€25 (equivalent to £19.71) for hotel in Algerciras (Hotel Don Manuel, tel +34956634606).

Subtotal: £74.73

Monday: 22/2/16.

Train departed Algerciras by 8:43, arrived Madrid 14:05hrs. Train departed Madrid 15:30hrs, arrived Barcelona Sants 18:40hrs. Bus departed Barcelona by 21:05 hrs, arrived Paris by 13:00 hrs. Journey time: 18 hrs, 27 minutes.

€188.9 for train ticket from Algerciras to Barcelona.

€8:75 for lunch at Madrid train station.

€64 for Euro lines bus ticket to Paris.

€11:65 for dinner.

Subtotal: £215.5

Tuesday: 23/2/16.

Train departed Paris to London by 15:03 hrs. Arrived London by 16:30hrs. Spent 21 (twenty one) minutes crossing the Euro tunnel.

Expenditures:

€12:65 for breakfast.

€3:60 for local train ticket.

€240 for Eurostar train ticket to London.

Subtotal: €256.25 equivalent to £202.06

Total: £933.64

Note: Exchange rates were valid as at the dates/days of the transactions. Conversations are to English Pounds. Contact me if you have any enquiries, or if you wish to participate in future trips.

C.V.Akuta

www.cvakutamedia.com

1/3/16.

London to Lagos Adventure by Bus.

Introduction: Seven months research, 14 days overland trip by bus from London to Lagos, across eight countries (France, Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin Republic). Crossed the Mediterranean Sea and the amazing Sahara desert. Slept eight nights, at six hotels in 6 countries. Covered a distance of 9115 kilometers. Yet under £1000 (one thousand pounds) budget. 

Dedication: This trip is dedicated to all those, who love adventure and those who suffer from flight phobia. Be it known, that there is well tarmac road to Europe. Finally to my mother who opposed this trip, but unknown to her, that she was the driving force behind this adventure.

Acknowledgement:  This trip would not have been possible without the following; www.overlandingwestafrica.com, www.dakarchallenge.co.uk, Chloe (aka Kira, CREER Cote D Ivoire), Chris Scott (www.sahara-overland.com), www.budapestbamako.org in addition to numerous travellers forum like; www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree, www.tripadvisor.com

Journey breakdown.

Day 1: (28/12/15), England to France.

Mega bus from Leicester to Barcelona. Departed Leicester by 5:15 am, arrived London Victoria by 7:18am. Departed London 11:02am. Arrived European Tunnel 12:56pm. Entered European Tunnel by 14:56pm. Exited European Tunnels about 15:20 hrs. Arrived a town called Amiens by 17:40 hrs. Departed Amiens by 17:49. Arrived Paris by 8:54 pm and departed Paris by 11pm. Stopped at a place (service/petrol station) before the city of Limonges by 2.45am, for 40 minutes.

Expenditures:

Bus fare from Leicester to Barcelona £60

Cup of tea: £1.90

Hotdog and bottle water £2.61

Chips £1.99

Tea €1.20 equivalent to £.90p.

Water €1.20 equivalent to £.90p.

Subtotal: £68.3

Day 2 (29/12/15). France to Spain.

Arrived Limonges by 4:19am. Departed about 4:30am. Arrived Brive by 5:25am. Departed Brive by 5:29am. Arrived Toulouse 8am. Departed Toulouse by 8:17am Stopped at a service station near the French border with Spain, for 45 minutes breakfast break. Arrived Barcelona by 2:20 pm. Journey time from Leicester to Barcelona: 32hrs, 20 minutes.

Expenditures.

Bought breakfast  €11:50.

Bought lunch €8:60

Bought my onward ticket (€104) to Algerciras.

Bought a Spanish Vodafone mobile sim card with Internet €15.

Hotel €45. (www.brustarr.com).

Subtotal: €184.1 equivalent to £139.1 (exchange rate then).

Day 3: (30/12/15), Spain.

Departed Barcelona by 12:02 pm, arrived Denia about 8:10 pm. Departed Denia about 8:33pm arrived Benidom by 9:10pm. Departed Benidom by 9:20pm. Arrived Alicante by 9:56pm. Departed Alicante by 10:03pm. Arrived Murcia by 11pm. Departed Murcia by 11:22pm. Arrived Lorca by 12:15am. Departed Lorca by 12:18am. Arrived Malaga by 5:35am. Departed Malaga by 6am. Arrived Mabella by 6:45 am. Departed Mabella by 6:50 am. Arrived Algerciras by 7:45 am. Journey time: 19hrs, 45 minutes.

Expenditures.

Breakfast €5.50

Lunch €10.50

Early morning tea €2.

Subtotal: €18. Equivalent to £13.60  (exchange rate then).

Day 3: (31/12/15). Spain to Morocco.

At Algerciras, you can buy a ticket for Tangier Med or buy a ticket there, for fast ferry to Tangia Ville. After which, you need to enter a free FRS bus service to Tarifa. I bought a ticket for fast ferry going to Tangier Ville, and entered bus to Tarifa, where I entered FRS ferry services. From Algerciras to Tarifa is not far (about 15 to 20 minutes by free bus transfer).

Fast ferry crossing from Tarifa (Spain) to Tangier Ville (Morocco) is 45 minutes.

Ferry ticket €37 equivalent to £27.9 @ the exchange rate then.

Tea inside ferry €1:50 equivalent to £1.1 @ the exchange rate then.

Hotel in Tangier Ville (Hotel D’ Anjou. Tel 05 39942784/0661731676. Email: medhabib63@gmail.com): DH250 equivalent to £18 as at time of checking in (£1 = DH14) on 31/12/15. Note: Moroccan money is called Dirham. 

Fitch photocopies (50 copies + browsing) DH60, equivalent to £4.3 as at the time on 31/12/15.

Had a tour guide who took me around. He was very useful. Paid him DH300 equivalent to £21.42 as at the time of payment on 31/12/15.

Purchase of Morocco mobile line: DH80, equivalent to £5.71 as at the time of purchase on 31/12/15.

Food with tour guide DH260 (I bought him food). The amount is equivalent to £18.60 as at the time of payments on 31/12/15.

Taxi to bus station to book my onward ticket for 1/1/16. DH40 equivalent to £2.9 as at the time of payment.

My onward ticket to Agadir DH400, equivalent to £28.60 as at the time of purchase on 31/12/15.

Evening meal: DH52, equivalent to £3.7 as at the time of purchase on 31/12/15.

Miscellaneous purchases (milk, lux soap, and tin fish): DH24, equivalent to £1.7 as at the purchase on 31/12/15.

Subtotal: £133.93

Day 4. (1/1/16). Morocco 

Depart Tangier Ville by 11:20am via CTM bus (with air-condition & heater). Arrived Rabat 3:10pm. Departed Rabat 3:30pm, arrived Agadir 1:30am. Journey time: 14hrs.

Expenditures.

DH20 (equivalent to £1.43 as at time of purchase on 1/1/16) for taxi to the bus station

DH14 (equivalent to £1 as at the time of purchase on 1/1/16) for bottle of water and bottle of coke.

DH50 (equivalent to £3.60 as at the time of purchase on 1/1/16) mobile phone top up.

DH50 (equivalent to £3.60) my tour guide.

DH5 (equivalent to £.35p) charged for my luggage. 

DH2 (equivalent to £.28p) bread and cake (breakfast).

DH1 (equivalent to £.14p) for urinating in the public toilet.      

DH3 (equivalent to £.42p as at the time of purchase) taxi to hotel.

DH150 (Equivalent to £11 as at the time of purchase) hotel (Hotel Canaria. Tel: +212528846727).

Subtotal: £21.82

Day 5 (2/1/16) Morocco to Western Sahara.

Departed Agadir 10am by Supratours bus (with air-condition). Passed through Tiznit, TanTan, Laayoune. Arrived Dakhla 6am on 3/1/16. Journey time: 20hrs.

Expenditures.

DH20 equivalent to (£1.4) for my first breakfast. (I paid for an interpreter who assisted me, from the same money).

DH20 equivalent to (£1.4) for the taxi driver that dropped me to the bus park.

DH29 equivalent to (£2.1) for my second breakfast.

DH395 equivalent to (£28.21) for my ticket to Dakhla.

DH5 equivalent to (£.35p) for my bag/luggage.

DH35 equivalent to (£2.5) for my lunch.

DH25 equivalent to (£1.8) for my evening meal.

DH5 equivalent to (£.35p) for the toilets used along the way.

Subtotal: £38:11

Day 6 (3/1/16). Dakhla (Western Sahara) to Nouadhibou (Mauritania).

Departed Dakhla 8:45am. Arrived Gargarate (Moroccan border/frontiers with Mauritania) by 2pm. Journey time: 5 hrs, 15 minutes.

Expenditures.

DH160 equivalent to (£11.43) for my ticket to Moroccan Border/Frontiers with Mauritania.

DH5 equivalent to (£.35p) for my bag/luggage.

DH25 equivalent to (£1.8) for my breakfast.

DH25 equivalent to (£1.8) for my lunch.

DH2 equivalent to (£0.14p) for using toilets.

Paid Moroccan border official DH2 equivalent to (£0.14p).

€120 for Mauritania Visa. Equivalent to £90.72 @ the exchange rate then.

DH50 equivalent to (£3.6) taken by Mauritanian immigration officials as tip.

Taxi from Nouadhibou border post to hotel/taking me around: DH200 equivalent To  (£14.3). 

Mauritania high way police MRO2000 equivalent to £4.4 (£1 = MRO 459.758)

Hotel in Nouadhibou MRO15,280 equivalent to  £33.23 (as at 3/1/16).

Food, MRO3900 equivalent of £8.5.

Mauritania tel/sim card/top up: MRO 500 equivalent to (£1.08).

Subtotal: £171.49 

Day 7: (4/1/16). Mauritania.

Departed Nouadhibou by 8:45 am, arrived Nouakchott 3:20 pm. Departed Nouakchott 3:40 pm, arrived Rosso 7:10pm. Journey time: 10hrs,5 minutes.

Expenditures

Breakfast: MRO1740 equivalent to (£3.8).

Bus fare from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott: MRO6,000 equivalent to (£13.05). 

Departed Nouadhibou 8:45, arrived Nouakchott 3:20.

Bus fare to Rosso MRO2,500 equivalent to (£5.4).

Snacks: MRO500 equivalent to (£1.09).

Departed Nouakchott 3:40. Arrived Rosso 7:10pm.

Cart drive around Rosso: MRO1,000 equivalent to  (£2.2)

Hotel in Rosso DH200 equivalent to (£14.3).

Night food MRO1,800 equivalent to (£4)

Subtotal: £43.84

Day 8: 5/1/16. Rosso (Mauritania) to Dakar (Senegal).

Departed Rosso Senegal about 10am, arrived Dakar about 17:00hrs.

Expenditures:

MRO500 equivalent to (£1.09) for cart ride to the Mauritanian border post.

MRO100 equivalent to (£0.21p) for Mauritania tax at the border.

MRO500 equivalent to (£1.09) another cart push to the ferry point.

MRO500 equivalent to (£1.09) for telephone top.

CFA200 equivalent to (£0.22p) for Senegalese immigration. 

CFA100 equivalent to (£0.11p) For Senegalese police.

CFA500 equivalent to (£0.56p) for bike ride to the car park.

CFA8500 equivalent to (£9.6) for taxi from Rosso to Dakar.

CFA8000 equivalent to (£9) for Senegalese telephone sim card/top up

CFA200 equivalent to (£0.22p) for biscuit

CFA2000 equivalent to (£2.25) for lunch.

CFA3000 equivalent to (£3.4) for taxi to a destination inside Dakar.

CFA20000 equivalent to (£22.5) for hotel in Dakar, including breakfast, dinner, WiFi and air-condition.

Subtotal: £51.34 

Day 9: Resting Day. 6/1/16. Senegal

CFA2000 equivalent to £2.25 for taxi to change money.

CFA2000 equivalent to £2.25 to bus park to check buses going to Bamako.

CFA25,000 equivalent to £28.3 for my bus ticket to Bamako.

CFA2000 Equivalent to £2.25 for taxi back to my hotel.

CFA20,000 equivalent to £22.6 for my hotel bill

Subtotal: £57.65

Day 10: Resting in Dakar 7/1/16.

CFA20,000 equivalent to £22.6 for hotel room.

Subtotal: £22.6

Day 11. (8/1/16). Dakar (Senegal) to Bamako (Mali).

Departed Dakar 17:20hrs, arrived Senegal/Malian border/frontiers by 4:20am. Departed the border about 6am, arrived Bamako 8:30pm on 9/1/16. Journey time: 27 hours

Expenditures:

CFA4460 for shopping (bread, biscuit, cake, tin fish).

CFA200 for plastic cup.

CFA2500 for taxi to bus station.

CFA1000 for mobile phone top up.

CFA500 for water.

Paid CFA4,000 to Senegalese immigration/police

Paid CFA5,000 to Mali immigration/border control 

Paid CFA2,000 to Malian police check Points.

CFA500 for lunch.

Paid CFA35,000 for my onward ticket to Cotonou

Met a Malian couple inside the bus that provided me with free accommodation house.

Subtotal: CFA55,160 equivalent to £62.5 (as at then’s exchange rate).

Day 12: 10/1/16. Bamako (Mali) to Bobodioulaso (Burkina Faso).

Set back: I got the bus station about 6am. The bus company I bought their ticket the previous night, took us to another bus station. Waited till about 11am. The bus loaded people so much that I got upset and came down out of the bus. There was no refund. Please be careful when your in this region, with their bus companies. Many of them, can be funny, ask for good companies like TCV, Sonef, African tours etc. 

Departed Bamako by 3:20pm, arrived Sikaso about 22:00hrs. Left Sikaso 12:08am, arrived Malian border/frontiers with Burkina Faso by 1:08am. Had over 4hrs sleep/rest. Departed from the Burkina Faso side of the border/frontier post by 5:40am. Arrived Bobodioulaso by 8:40hrs. Journey time:10.5 hrs. 

Expenditures 

Paid CFA600 for tea.

Paid CFA500 for motor  bike that dropped me where I bought my initial bus ticket

Paid CFA,1500 for taxi    

Paid CFA11,000 to Ouagadougou.

Paid Malian Police CFA2000 to Malian Police.

Paid CFA1000 to Burkina Faso immigration.

Paid CFA1000 to Burkina Faso Police

CFA1000 for similar card.

Subtotal: CFA18600 equivalent to £21 (as at exchange rate).

Day 13: 11/1/16. Burkina Faso (Bobodioulaso to Ouagadougou).

Departed Bobodioulaso by 11:45am, arrived Ouagadougou by 6pm. Journey time: 6hrs :15 minutes. 

Expenditures 

Paid CFA3000 for calling cards

CFA6000 for bus ticket to Ouagadougou

Paid CFA1000 for Tea

Paid CFA500 for rice.

Paid CFA3500 for the taxi driver that took me around looking for good bus companies going to Cotonou.

Paid CFA20,000 for my onward ticket to Cotonou  

Paid CFA11,900 for a hotel (Hotel Yamba, tel:+22678396959, +22676623732)

Paid CFA500 for spaghetti (night meal).

Subtotal: CFA46,400 equivalent to £52.60

Day 14: 12/1/16. Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to Cotonou (Benin) to Lagos (Nigeria).

Departed 7:30am, got transferred to another bus. Reached Burkina Faso border/frontiers with Benin by 2:30pm. About 3:30pm our bus stopped and trans-loaded us to another bus.  Our bus had several stops and wasted a lot of time (culminating to over 8 hrs). This second bus, transferred us to an old Peugeot 505, when we got to Parakou. Finally got to Cotonou by 8:30pm. Journey time: 37hrs. Departed Cotonou about 9:30pm, arrived Benin border/frontiers with Nigeria about 10:30pm.

Expenditures 

Paid CFA1000 for the motor bike that dropped me. 

Paid CFA500 for water.

Paid CFA500 for coke. 

Paid CFA50 for grand nut

Paid CFA100 for orange.  

Paid CFA1000 To Burkina Faso immigration.

Paid CFA3000 To Benin immigration.

Paid CFA2500 for Benin tel/sim card/top up.

Paid CFA300 for tea with driver

Paid CFA1500 For yugorts/water.

Paid CFA2000 for taxi to Seme border.

Paid CFA1000 for apples 

Paid CFA500 to the first police post.

Paid CFA2000 to Benin immigration.

Paid CFA1000 to the motor bike that took me along the border crossing 

Paid N3000 equivalent to £8 (at the exchange rate then) for my hotel at Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria. 

Subtotal: CFA16,950 (£19.21) + N3,000 (£8) = £27.21

Overall total: £925.09

Note: costs might vary due to lifestyle etc. The costs above might act as a guide.

Regards

C.V.Akuta.

www.cvakutamedia.com

26/02/16.

Pro Biafran Agitation: Northern and South East Leaders Meet.

Today 1/12/15; Governor Rochas hosted a meeting between Northern and South Eastern Traditional Rulers, under the umbrella of Consultative meeting of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria. The meeting took place at Owerri. Their mission to discuss the on going pro Biafran protest. Those in attendance include; Etsu Nupe, (HRH Alhaji Dr Yayaha Abubakar), Obi of Onitsha, Emir of Lafia, Emir of Fika, Gbong Gwon Jos etc.

They expressed worries about the on going protest and reaffirmed their faith on one Nigeria. Source: IMSG Facebook Page.