Is Ikot Abasi safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Ikot Abasi safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Ikot Abasi scores 67/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Nigeria Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 12 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 28 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ikot Abasi scores 67/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Nigeria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ikot Abasi: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (83/100) and crime and scams (69/100).
A score of 67 is higher than the scores of 89% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Akwa Ibom (4.5704° N, 7.5600° E), Ikot Abasi sits 500.0 km N from Abuja at 13 m elevation.
Akwa Ibom
4.5704° N, 7.5600° E
13 m
Africa/Lagos
34,911
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Nigeria)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ikot Abasi happened in May and November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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