Where the roads into Umuahia meet
The Abia Tower of Peace stands where the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway meets the Umuahia–Owerri road. It was built in 1992, during the short administration of Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the first civilian governor of Abia, and was meant as a welcome into the capital.
People still call the junction “Tower”. The crown on these photographs reads Abia State — God’s Own State. Traffic piles up here at Easter and Christmas, which is why later governments have talked about a flyover, but the tower itself remains the picture of arriving in Umuahia.
Before you go
What is settled about this place, and what is better left for a visit.
1992
Raised under Dr Ogbonnaya Onu as a landmark at the entrance to the capital.
Two highways
It sits on the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway and the Umuahia–Owerri road.
A local name
Ask for the Tower of Peace, or simply Tower, and drivers know the junction.
Photographs
Keep looking
Three more places from the same set of photographs.
Video tour
Abia Tower