Kunle-A:

^^^^Now that you know. You were complaining about the $400 surcharge on new imports thru Lagos and you want to be bringing your car thru Lome. Even as you pay today, nothing stops these leaches from extorting you again next year or whenever they feel like it. So think twice.^^^^

baconline:

I did not pay duties for it,it an 1995 model.Na bush e take pass oh.
Pls oh most cars from Lome and Benin if u pay the country's duties and pay Nigerian duties u will most likely lose.Thats why ppl bring them thru bush.Funny still is u still settle custom on the way

baconline:

About a month back, I sent a driver to deliver a vehicle to a client in Kano. He took off from Ibadan and on getting to Kogi State, he ran into a custom check point and the vehicle was impounded. It was moved to their Lokoja Office and they demanded 150k. Due to the intervention of a Police officer they collected 80k after the car spent over 60 hours in their office. No reciept was issued for this.
The car came in thru Lome
The driver was at my place this morning to inform me again that another vehicle was impounded from him from Custom in that same state(this time Okene route) few days back(not mine)
I remember that the House of reps instructed the custom to limit their search for custom papers to the borders. What can we do now as that directive has been ignored or has it been changed?

baconline:

I did not pay duties for it,it an 1995 model.Na bush e take pass oh.
Pls oh most cars from Lome and Benin if u pay the country's duties and pay Nigerian duties u will most likely lose.Thats why ppl bring them thru bush.Funny still is u still settle custom on the way

elitper:

NLanders please, is there no way of doing legitmate costums papers for a 1994-96 camry or 1997 honda accord? I have had to suspend buying my car late last year since I could not afford a more recent one. These customs pests scare me like death.

Onwan:

@Elitper
Its simple; buy the car, walk into any Road Safety (FRSC) office and talk to someone there - they will ask for the dealer's receipt (even if you bought it from Kotonou, the dealer must have given you a receipt); then they will take care of the rest.

Like I posted earlier, the custom guys will take advantage of you IF the person who handled the papers did not register those custom papers with them (register = settled). Go through the officials, that makes it easier. There is a particular stamp on the custom papers - that comes from the "registration".

In one word . . . . . Do it right the first time, and you wont have to worry to see the second time . . . .

Onwan:

@Fhemmmy
You know what it is

should be about 250k

baconline:

is it d 400dollars ?

Kunle-A:

No matter what anyone say,some people will rather be penny wise and pound foolish. But hey, what can i tell them?

I can still understand older cars coming tru Cotonou, but why do some people bring in perfectly legal cars tru cotonou just in a bid to save some money and start crying when they get impounded?

Beats me.

DaudaAbu:

A frnd told me that as far as d car comes in thru cotonou the customs pple wil disturb u.they claim that the papers are fake.that genuine papers dont come thru land border. Does that are spared are those that pass throu port. This got me wondering what of all dis cars that claim to come thru seme border and all. what is is particularly that a buyer is supposed to look for to identify genuine custom papers? Can some1 also buy it to like lagos and then do the custom papers there?

DaudaAbu:

A frnd told me that as far as d car comes in thru cotonou the customs pple wil disturb u.they claim that the papers are fake.that genuine papers dont come thru land border. Does that are spared are those that pass throu port. This got me wondering what of all dis cars that claim to come thru seme border and all.  what is is particularly that a buyer is supposed to look for to identify genuine custom papers? Can some1 also buy it to like lagos and then do the custom papers there?

baconline:

Nigerian naturally want to beat any system they find themselves

George_D:

baconline,

if you compare the cost of clearing through lagos and the hassles you go through driving your car in the bush, you'll see that it's just not worth it.

oyinsbank:

Its a shame that custom officers are doing rubbish on the highway and punishing people unnecessarily, where dem dey when the cars passed thru the border, if they mean business why cant they impound it right there, but all na corruption, some of their official will collect settlement and let the car pass, the owner is on his own if he encounters any other custom checkpoint. i think its more reasonable to leave their checkpoint only to the borders. its their failure that such cars ever pass thru the border in the first place , so they should not be harrassing people on the highway.


And even when you have the correct papers and the car came in through lagos port, they still find way to extort you.
i was once told that the duty paid on my car is too small, that they will impound the car if i dont drop something.Can you imagine !!!!!.

Useless animals.