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Transport & LogisticsTransport & Logistics·military·Founded 1993 (Owerri)

ABC Transport Plc

Status: Operating (listed NGX).

Ownership

Indigenous Nigerian ownership

Why it is on record

First road-transport company listed on the Nigerian Exchange (March 2006); pioneered inter-state luxury coach services with on-board attendants and the first cross-border ECOWAS scheduled service (Lagos–Accra).

Founders

Chief Frank Nneji (b. 1956, Mbaise).

Headquarters

Iheagwa, Owerri, Imo State.

Key dates

  • 1993ABC Transport incorporated at Owerri.
  • 2003Launches first Lagos–Accra scheduled cross-border coach service.
  • Mar 2006First Nigerian road-transport company listed on the NGX.

Deep dive

ABC Transport Plc, founded in 1993 by Mr. Frank Nneji, is the only listed Nigerian intercity coach company on the NSE/NGX (listed 2006). Its cross-border services to Cotonou, Lomé, Accra and Abidjan made it the principal Nigerian operator on the ECOWAS road corridor.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.