Return the plate number to the seller as it is tied to his name. Don't do things that will be problems for you in future. Imagine if he goes to report that his car was stolen and police picks you up because you are still having number plate tied to his name affixed on your car. . How do you explain this. He can say all paperwork is fake. You'll just turn to car thief due to this.

Thanks guys for all the contributions received from you guys. I had to visit the Road Safety Office yesterday and after having a discussion with them. I have decided to return the guy's plate number and get my own to avoid any future issue.

Better my bros,this what you are suppose to have done before they advice you to go kill someone so as to keep the plate number
cheers

nija80:
Better my bros,this what you are suppose to have done before they advice you to go kill someone so as to keep the plate number
cheers

Thanks bro

damidre:
The license plate would have been registered in his name and to the current car. He would need to pay almost 50k to transfer it to another car while you would need about 42k to register afresh. He might not be aware of this, so you both need to have the discussion. Is there anything special about the number plate that would make him prefer to incur a higher amount? It goes beyond just detaching the number plate, there is a process that updates the records which takes about 3 weeks and costs as high as 50k.

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