I remembered exactly the same story back in 2012 when I rode through Nigeria.
Since it was a wet season we skipped Mamfe mud trail (our friend did it, took him weeks of mountanous mud drowning struggle, mostly with local hands pushing his bike) and took the Limbe-Calabar "banana" ferry (our bike was drowned under bananas, and we were ordered to keep under deck when entering the Cross river delta - piracy is common in the area and while tourist is a great bargaining chip)
We took the southern route from Calabar to Benin City, between Ibadan and Lagos entered Benin a tad bit more north from a small very quiet and smooth border post. Nigeria was very fine and felt reasonably safe despite the endless warnings.
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