Ajapa

Ajapa is a town in Ese-Odo in Ondo State. It is an Ijaw-Arogbo community in the coastal part of Ondo state. Its people are engaged in fishing as primary occupation.

Understand

Ajapa had 6 quarters: Ajuesi, Agbojule, Aboyewa, Abugewa, Olomiloro and Dede. With a sizeable population figure, there is one secondary school and about 10 primary schools. The community is also made popular by the satellite community known as Satellite town of Amatibi.

Ajapa community which is one of the towns in Ese-Odo is notable for fishing and crude oil. Ajapa residents are mostly fishermen and women. Ese-Odo produces oil and accounts for the status of Ondo State as oil producing and the fifth among the nine members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Get in

By bus

The distance ce between Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria and Ese Odo, Ondo, Nigeria by car — 627 km or 389 miles. To travel this distance by car, you need 501 minute, or 8 hr.

A2, Benin-Sagamu Expressway

	Head southeast on Sani Abacha Way	350 m
	Keep right onto Sani Abacha Way	500 m
	Make a slight right	150 m
	Make a slight right	1 km
	Make a slight left	400 m
	Continue onto Constitution Avenue	2 km
	Go straight	250 m
	Continue onto Constitution Avenue	1.5 km
	Continue onto Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Expressway	4.5 km
	Take the ramp	70 m
	Merge right onto Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Expressway	15 km
	Take the ramp on the left	80 m
	Merge left onto Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Expressway	8 km
	Continue onto Bill Clinton Highway	10 km
	Merge left onto A2	400 km
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit	25 m
	Exit the traffic circle	250 m
	Merge left onto Benin City Bypass	20 km
	Keep right at the fork	250 m
	Merge left onto A121-1

Traveling to Ajapa community by plane means when you are coming from other states, you need to land at Akure Airport before finding your way to Ajapa.

By plane

The distance between Lagos and Akure is 231 km. The most popular airlines for this route are Air Peace Limited, Green Africa Airways, United Nigeria, Africa World Airlines, and Air Cote d'Ivoire. Lagos and Akure have 48 direct flights per week.

• Air Peace on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

• Green Africa Airways on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

By bus

From Lagos the price range of a bus ride from Lagos to Akure is ₦5400-7500 on Cross Country Transport Limited. If you choose to travel with the small-scale transporters at the bus park listed, your bus fare should be ₦3500-6000.

The journey from Abuja to Akure is about 7 hr 35 min (421 km) and the cost is ₦5000-6000.

From Akure you'd take bus to Ajapa.

Eat and drink

There are no restaurants in Ajapa. However the closest one at Ilaje is Oke Oyinbo Restaurant

• Oke Oyinbo, Araromi sea side, Ilaje. Daily 8AM - 10PM. Dine-in. Takeaway. Delivery. (updated Dec 2021)

Sleep

There are no hotels in Ajapa.

Connect

All networks work perfectly in Ajapa community except in Etisalat.