nurey:
It is not that people are criminal minded, they are just looking at a way the op will not be at a loss on the long run.
600k no be beans na

Siena:
Following your advise would make anyone a criminal.

Raymie: How so? Please do tell. This advise is anything but criminal minded or how is the lady expected to save herself n her family from undue harm by the police who she should run to or the alleged criminals she should run away from? In an era where car dealers have turned car thieves n vice versa, a tracker can lead to her home/office. Also, contacting the police through a police friend/lawyer/someone at the top will save one unnecessary false allegations with its attendant consequences. The vin check is to help track the car n its supposeedly legal owners. If after all the wahala the coast seems clear, should she surrender her car to the police? Mind yhu, she'd still pay for surrendering, parking, statement, investigation and what not including repossessing the vehicle supposing there's no case. By the time she's done with payments, the money would have amounted to buying a Nigerian used car of same model. So, She can sell/use. But she must definitely do a color change. Parking in a tight spot away from home will ensure both safety of car and 'owner' until the matter is logically concluded. Oga, criminality is involved here. Thinking ahead is of the essence even if it involves being criminal minded.

nurey:
What siena is saying is that selling that car under the false pretence of not knowing it was stolen is a criminal offence. She already knows it was stolen she shouldn't transfer the burden to someone else, eventually if the person is caught it could be traced back to her.

Siena:

Spoken like a true con artist.

Why give advice that could land someone in jail? It would be best to seek legal advice, then give the vehicle details to the law. Covering things up will make her guilty. She could NOT feign ignorance if she concocts these elaborate lies. Personally, I would prefer to lose N600,000 than lose my freedom. No amount of money is worth jail time in Nigeria.

oga siena easy oo
From your "advice", I would say you've done this before. Criminal Mind at its best.

chillex8: @ OP

Here are few things to confirm

1. Does the name on the car particulars correspond to the name of the the seller?

2. Are all the vehicle documents in ORIGINAL print?

3. Does the vehicle registration no and VIN all match with that on the vehicle?

4. Was there a proper receipt of purchase, and "change of ownership" from the previous owner to the your colleague?

If yes to all , then your colleague is FREE to move around.




Cheers

yuzedo: GAZZ my man, is there any way to scan a car to detect a hidden tracking device?

I know with a transponder you can pin-point radio frequency. What technology do these trackers use? Because basically, anyone can install a tracker on your car without your knowledge and jack your ride whenever Satan fingers their brain.

GAZZUZZ:

I'm sure there are devices that can detect the presence of a gsm frequency within short distances, and also there are devices that are used by car jackers to disrupt/jam gsm signals so u can't communicate with your tracker once car is stolen until they are far away and located your tracker and removed it.

Just pray your car jacker is not high tech if not its gone till some one buys it 600k on olx

Eyop:

Brother it means you are really good at how this tracking of a thing works. It means even the tracker isn't guaranteed at all.

GAZZUZZ:

Signal jammer + car snatched at gun point = OLX

Siena:

Spoken like a true con artist.

Why give advice that could land someone in jail? It would be best to seek legal advice, then give the vehicle details to the law. Covering things up will make her guilty. She could NOT feign ignorance if she concocts these elaborate lies. Personally, I would prefer to lose N600,000 than lose my freedom. No amount of money is worth jail time in Nigeria.

From your "advice", I would say you've done this before. Criminal Mind at its best.

rofemiguwa: I have directed my colleague to this site.
I only opened this thread to seek advice. I did not buy any car and I am also sure she didn't buy a stolen car intentionally or out of greed as some have implied.

If she did she won't readily spread the news with joy to us 'her killjoy' colleague.
She would have hidden the price or lied about the means of purchase.


I don't want to appear more badbelle than I already do.

So she will be coming here to read the advice hersef if she want.
Cos it is getting confusing.

Sell it, paint it, repport it, park it.

Let her decide. It is her hard earned over two years savings considering our salary.
I can't make such decision for her


For those who have reponded thank you for your insights

For those who have accused and concluded that am the buyer well it is ur opinion in a faceless forum. U know no better.


What I think
Is the price ridiculous- yes it is that's why I opened this thread in the first place.
Is the car stolen - very possible
Is the car geniune-well maybe

Will i want to make an enemy of a colleague and be the bitter old jealous friend- hell to da No!

After all said and done
It is not my business
Sipping my lipton tea and waiting for kekenapep!

erico2k2:
You are wrong my friend if you buy stollen goods you are guilty of handling stollen goods.the only get out clause for you is to prove beyond reasonable doubt tjat you bought the said item with true and genuine aim with no prime knowlede of it was stollen.However you will still lose the car.This is the reason why we have Carfax.

roosebolton:

True.. only a person can only be guilty of buying stolen goods if as at the time of purchase he knew or had notice that the goods was stolen. and the rule of bona-fide-purchaser for value without notice is a fundamental principle of law which applies in Nigeria.

Let us back down a little. This young lady has not committed any crime at all. In fact we do no know for a fact if the car is indeed stolen we can only speculate. Even if the car was indeed stolen, she is still not a criminal. A person just doesn't become a criminal by accident.. You must have had a criminal mind followed by a criminal act for a crime to be established.. and the law infer from the action of a person to ascertain a criminal mind.. The action of this woman to any standard of reasonableness has not shown her to be a criminal. The worst crime she can be guilty of is nativity. I strongly believe that the bona-fide purchaser for value rule covers her but would still advise her to seek legal advise as that would make her case even stronger.

nurey:
See as you throw encyclopedia oyinbo for ground, say that to Nigeria police, he would shake his head, draw out his pistol and shoot you point blank.

You think Nigeria police know book or law, they will only be adamant on the fact that how can you not know "how can you not know that a jeep cannot be sold for less than 1m". They will frustrate you till you say yes I was the ONE THAT STOLE THE JEEP

roosebolton:

True.. only a person can only be guilty of buying stolen goods if as at the time of purchase he knew or had notice that the goods was stolen. and the rule of bona-fide-purchaser for value without notice is a fundamental principle of law which applies in Nigeria.

Let us back down a little. This young lady has not committed any crime at all. In fact we do no know for a fact if the car is indeed stolen we can only speculate. Even if the car was indeed stolen, she is still not a criminal. A person just doesn't become a criminal by accident.. You must have had a criminal mind followed by a criminal act for a crime to be established.. and the law infer from the action of a person to ascertain a criminal mind.. The action of this woman to any standard of reasonableness has not shown her to be a criminal. The worst crime she can be guilty of is nativity. I strongly believe that the bona-fide purchaser for value rule covers her but would still advise her to seek legal advise as that would make her case even stronger.

born2fuck: Greed kills faster than Ebola,even for her to buy the car for that amount? She is a criminal even if the car was stolen or not. I have been on olx for sometimes trying to purchase ride too, I have seen many good cars that worth more than what I wanted to pay and they are place below the real value , because I felt my money doesn't worth the price of the value, I didn't even bother to check in, what look to good to be true is false. The car is stolen and the person that purchased the car is number one criminal, because she rushly and quickly drop money before those guy change their mind

nurey:
See as you throw encyclopedia oyinbo for ground, say that to Nigeria police, he would shake his head, draw out his pistol and shoot you point blank.

You think Nigeria police know book or law, they will only be adamant on the fact that how can you not know "how can you not know that a jeep cannot be sold for less than 1m". They will frustrate you till you say yes I was the ONE THAT STOLE THE JEEP

GAZZUZZ:


I buy cars all the time, and there are certain conditions when a seller is desperate to fufill a particular need and decides to sell his or her car at a ridiculous price so it sells quick, in situations like this its very important to know how the seller got the car and ensure the deal is clean, there are countless threads in auto sections for nigerian used cars at very low prices that would look suspicious but if you inspect and verify you might find out they are genuine sales.
Also there are cars that have given the owner re-current problems like transmission and ecm replacement and the owner is tired of replacing these components and after the umpteenth placement they decide to sell b4 it brakes down again.
Calling the Op a criminal cause she bought the car at a low price is not balanced judgement.

MissTeaseMe:
So true. I have sold my own things off at ridiculous prices too. There was a time i sold a phone of 50k for just 4k, cos i got fed up of the fone and had 2 other ones and the guy that wanted it really liked it but had no money.
I have a doctor friend that sold his E190 for just 20k to a lab assistant at his hopital cos he wanted the guy to have a car.

MissTeaseMe:
Problem with the op is VERIFICATION! When u get such a ridiculously low price, you shld take extra time in tracing and cross-checking the ownership with the authorities, esp vehicle registration. And all the papers shhld be verified. Then go ahead and buy so far all is in order even if the car was sold for 5naira.
Afterall the owner has a choice to sell his car at any price he chooses, yours is just to verify that the car is truely his. Thank you.

erico2k2:
Only if you are Ignorant my friend, Stand up for what you know and the police would back away, trust me, they know their limits better than anyone else

born2fuck: I read laugh and tire, you will understand the different between a case or robbery and a case of yahoo yahoo. The limit when it comes to robbery may end your life instantly or abandoned you in kirikiri without even make court trial. Abeg pray make u no enter police gbeke when it comes to this kind of tin, ur tongue fit make dey dispose U or make dem travel you over night, travel over night means kill dem arm robbers because they will label you as automatic arm robber and you will be in their cells, eat with them, do all with them, if you overdo, guy you are on your own, even by the time dey arrest ur prominent Dad or Mum, na u go say make dem no overdo, remember, not just Nigeria police will handle this case, it will be transfer to SARS in elewe eran or Panti where shooting of criminals with immediate effect means nothing to them