A total number of 29 security checkpoints have been mounted on the Onitsha ? Enugu Expressway in Nigeria?s South-East. The badly maintained road is only approximately 105 kilometres long and travelers have to encounter a checkpoint after an average of 3.7 kilometres.

News Express reports that South-East residents and travelers have often lamented their ordeal at the checkpoints, where they are not only delayed but also prevented from making or receiving calls, in addition to sometimes being made to disembark and trek some distance before re-boarding their vehicles.

Below is a list of the checkpoints that dot Onitsha ? Enugu Expressway:

1. Awkuzu Junction (Army)

2. Awkuzu Junction (FRSC)

3. Dunukofia LG hqts (Police)

4. Enugu ukwu Junction (Police)

5. Amawbia Junction (Police)

6. Unizik Junction (Army)

7. Mopol base Awka Junction (Police)

8. Prince and Princess Hostel front (Army)

9. Amansea boundary (Police)

10. Ugwuoba boundary (Police)

11. Ugwuoba bridge (Police)

12. Ugwuoba Junction (Army)

13. Ugwuoba Junction (NDLEA)

14. Ugwuoba Junction (FRSC)

15. Ugwuoba Central (Army)

16. Oji river Junction (Army 1)

17. Oji River Junction (Army 2)

18. Ezeagu express (Army)

19. Near Nkwo Ezeagu (Police)

20. Near tiles factory (Police)

21. Umumba Ndiuno Express (Police 1)

22. Umumba Ndiuno Express (Police 2)

23. Nsude Express (approach to Ninth Mile) (Police)

24. Ngwo Express (Army)

25. Ngwo Express (Anti-terror squad)

26. Onyeama Hill (near refuse dump) (Army)

27. Onyeama Hill (near coal mine) (Army)

28. Abakpa interchange (Police)

29. Abakpa Junction (FRSC)

30. Nkwelle-Ezunaka junction (Police)

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