British Overseas Produce (B.O.P), Abonnema

Built in the 1940s, this facility employed over 1,000 persons and provided opportunity for Overseas trade for the whole of Eastern Nigeria and Nigeria in general.

It housed the warehouses and tank farm that were used to process palm oil and warehouse palm kernel for export. It also housed a British consulate that issued passes for passengers to travel to Liverpool.

In 1940,palm oil production was about 154,000 metric tons, this fell to about 116,000 metric tons by 1945 and by 1954, palm oil output rose to about 217,000 metric tons.
Palm oil and palm kernel from oil palm formed the bulk of exportable products of oil palm up to late 1960s.

Its neglect in 1970s was as a result of the discovery of crude oil (Petroleum). It had earned substantial foreign exchange for Nigeria. Today,
Nigeria has become a net importer of palm oil.