This beautiful automobile has just been recovered from armed robbers. It used to be another colour with a different number plate in the hands of its owner.

How it turned black overnight gives us cause to worry.

There are loopholes in the process of registering vehicles in Nigeria and for citizens, perhaps it is time to make the government initiate reforms in that area.

In an economy where people can no longer buy imported used cars, let alone brand-new cars, the common thing is what is called Naija used.

However, this loophole puts many innocent people at risk of buying stolen cars while it simultaneously empowers armed robbers to easily execute the business of selling stolen vehicles.

Armed robbers attacked the home of Okediran Oluseyi on September 5 in Lagos and went away with a Toyota Camry and other valuables.

Through the intervention of the Lagos state police command, the classy automobile was recovered in distant Onitsha in Anambra state along with some of the other items stolen from Oluseyi.

What amazed this man was arriving at the Police headquarters and being unable to identify the car that was said to have been recovered.

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It had been totally transformed and set to be sold to a new owner. They could have easily sold it as a freshly imported car.

“The number on it was FST 124 and they succeeded in changing the plate number and repainting the car,” he told Bounce News, still amazed at how easy it is in Nigeria to register a stolen vehicle.

He recalled that the robbers were not even bothered about the possibility of the car having a security device or tracker, an indication of how less important those features are to them.

“The government should try as much as possible to look into the activities of all these car dealers because they are the ones encouraging them in this act.

“Somebody must have given them an order of a Toyota brand. For them to have gone far to make a new registration number and repaint the car, their associates should also be arrested.

“There should be a monitoring system in the process of vehicle registration in this country. How can a car that has been registered be so easily re-registered by a government agency? It is crazy,” he said

Source: http://news.bounce.ng/Content/bouncefeature-read-this-before-you-buy-another-used-car-20171003

TRUE TALK OP. ONCE I GET MY CAR, NA TO BUY TRACKER PUT INSIDE. I NO FIT SHOUT COS BOYS EYES DEY RED NOW.

hummm

Only God would protect and save us in this nation Nigeria. Things have fallen apart

Have decided not to buy anything used again, whatsoever it may be...since I bought fake infinix note 2.


Twaz painful

I no get money for any of them. Give me anyone I go collect

50% cars use in Nigeria may be stolen cars.

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Jah epp man inna me kontri! Dem Bomboklats demma no see me car in jah name!!

Noted

Oboy the muscle is now born again

But it's cheaper

It's Well

only buy used car from your pastor and not after you both use Ogun lakaye to swear

Noted

Honestly i don't understand why things are not working in nigeria.

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Thank God for the recovery

the system in Nigeria is so so terrible

You do BVN and same process is repeated when you want to register your sim card. You repeat same process for Driver's license.

That is to tell you, there is no proper identity management in Nigeria, reason why people escape Judgement

All this explanation is unnecessary, how did they track the car?




This means our security system is very much alive.

Thank God. It was recovered.

Govt is saddled with so much problems, we have to secure our vehicles. Install trackers and kill switches, buy vehicle brands that arent popular.
Most of the stolen cars in lagos end up in aba and onitsha, buying used cars in these locations as well as neigboring states is a fatal mistake.
Level of criminality there is astronomical.

Not all cars are stolen.demand for the complete papers before payment simple.

great piece. I think I'll have to look better next time...

quentin06:
Govt is saddled with so much problems, we have to secure our vehicles. Install trackers and kill switches, buy vehicle brands that arent popular.
Most of the stolen cars in lagos end up in aba and onitsha, buying used cars in these locations as well as neigboring states is a fatal mistake.
Level of criminality there is astronomical.

who in his right mind, as a criminal, will sell his loot in the same state?! alot of vehicles dat come into lagos from other states sold as naija used could be stolen too! a friend lost his car in Owerri and d car was located in Benin all clean and ready for sale! so dont come and push criminality to these cities as this is a typical naija problem
all in all, buyers beware! the country no get central data base of stolen cars that's why dis continues to b a problem

wow!!
This is really crazy though.

“The number on it was FST 124 and they succeeded...

Please complete the number above and let me be a bit jobless and investigate, to an extent, the truth of this story.
Also, what was the initial color?
There are some dots i'm connecting that might help the govt. (LASG)

NB: I'd include my findings here on your response to my question.

80% of flashy cars that are Nigeria used are stolen. only buy Nigerian used from the owner and not from car dealer.

This only happen when car owners prefer to patronize touts when registering a vehicle. Every genuine registered vehicle can not be re-registered except their is evidence of purchase and valid police clearance certificate. In the process of registering a vehicle, as soon as you imputes the chassis number into the computer, the name of the previous owner appears with all his details including his phone number. A call is then placed to that phone number to confirm if the car was sold or stollen before proceeding with the registration process. A lot of cars have been recovered in this process. That is why those that have clean cars with old number plates should try and get the new number plate because no data is available on the FRSC website for old number plates. All are encouraged to visit the FRSC NVIS desk officer at the state board of internal revenue of each state for the registration of their vehicles.