sarrki:
34 years down the lane the car is obsolete

Why do we Anna’s power and money that will turn out to be obsolete sooner or later

This is a lesson that we should all learn from

Nothing last forever

Only God that is the supremo

He never old nor age

He never sleeps nor slumber

He never seize to reign

He his I am that I am

He’s the greatest and will be forever

We give you praise and honor

The greatest than the greatest
The celestial master of the universe

Add your

chatinent:


I like the way you reason.

But you seem to forget Nigeria is a wasteland. Cars that depreciates in other country come here and appreciate.

sarrki:


Even that said it will be obsolete in Nigeria too

The moral of the post is we should know that one day everything will end

naptu2:
Aha! Here's the video of the state car.

President Ibrahim Babangida created Akwa Ibom and Katsina states in 1987 and he visited both states in 1988 to mark their first anniversaries. I believe that this video is from Katsina State's first anniversary.

President Babangida used Peugeot 504 cars as his official cars when he became president. However, the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, visited Nigeria in 1988 and they brought back the W100 limousine for her use. The W100 had been used by General Gowon, General Obasanjo (very rarely and only when receiving guests) and President Shagari before being put into storage.

President Babangida would also use a stretch Peugeot 505 limousine as his "everyday" official car from 1989-1991 (the W100 was reserved for special occasions) and then came the controversy of 1991.

Nigeria hosted the OAU Summit in 1991 and lots of 6-door W124 (V-Boot) limousines were bought to ferry African leaders around Abuja. There were many rumours about the number and cost of the cars. One rumour was that a driver had driven one of the limousines across the border to Benin Republic and sold it there. President and Mrs Babangida both used these stretch limousines from 1991 until they left office.

The last time that I saw the W100 was in 2007, when it was used to take President Olusegun Obasanjo to Eagle Square for the inauguration of President Yar'Adua.


Watch from the 3:22 minute mark for a good view of the 600.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPPkK7dCfSE

naptu2:
I didn't know that General Obasanjo used the 600 (W100). I know that he used S Class Mercedes and Peugeot 504s, but I didn't know that he used the 600.


At the end of this video General Obasanjo ushers Kenneth Kaunda into an S Class Mercedes, but CVU officials inform Obasanjo that they are meant to use the 600 (which is behind the S Class), so they both walk back to where the 600 was.

The final shot in the video is of the 600 as it leaves the Presidential Wing.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUhfL8rYAgQ

naptu2:
Two hated presidents and a 600 (April 1st, 1980).


The number 1 state car (Mercedes Benz 600) was green during the Gowon era, then painted dark blue during Shagari's time (as you can see in this video) and it was finally painted black when Babangida was president.

There were lots of Ghanaians in Lagos in the early 1980s and none of the ones I knew had anything good to say about Hilla Limann. They were all happy when Rawlins came back.

Shagari wasn't particularly hated, but people really hated his government and hated the fact that he didn't do anything about his thieving ministers.

Notice that some of Shagari's NSO bodyguards are wearing agbadas and babaringas in order to blend in.


President Hilla Limann visits Nigeria and is received at the airport by President Shagari and groups of ghanaians resident in Lagos. Both presidents leave the airport in the Mercedes Benz 600 (W100).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sabjJUph2Y

naptu2:
Mercedes Benz 600 (W100).

There were a lot of Mercedes Benz W114 and W123 stretch limousines in Lagos in the 1970s and early '80s (my neighbour had a stretch W114 that he bought in the 1970s. He abandoned it beneath his balcony in the 1980s, but he planned to revive it if he had won the 1991 governorship election. He didn't win and he eventually scrapped the car in 2003. His son had a stretch W124). These cars were usually of the 4 door with 3 rows of seat variety.

The W114 and W123 limousines were so common that some people felt that they needed something different in order to stand out from the crowd. That thing was the Mercedes Benz 600 (W100). It was very rare. There was one at Dodan Barracks (used by Gowon, Shagari, Babangida and lastly by Obasanjo on May 29th, 2007), Awolowo had one (Awolowo arrived the Enugu meeting in the 600, Zik arrived in a W116 S Class and Waziri Ibrahim arrived in a Peugeot 504), but they were very rare (I still have pictures of those two cars).

The car was very popular with heads of state. King Hassan of Morocco had a 6 door version and a special state landaulet version was ordered by the German Government for the visit of Queen Elizabeth in the 1960s. Most people felt that the 600 was better than its rival, the Rolls Royce Silver Wraith (it was nicknamed "the car of dictators because military dictators loved it). The idea behind the 3 rows of seats was that you could have two heads of state sitting on the 3rd row, while a secretary and an interpreter would sit on the middle (rear facing) seat and in this way the host head of state and the visiting head of state could have a meeting in the car.

The 600 is one of the two most iconic Mercedes Benz cars (the other being the 1952 Mercedes Benz 300sl Gullwing) and it was the inspiration for the Mercedes Benz S Class. The Mercedes Benz W100 was produced from 1963-1981.

chatinent:


The moral I see is man's government has failed.

mightyhaze:
zuo Ike..
U dey spam the thread

Omoluabi1stborn:


He no spam anything. He's educating us and we're enjoying him

Kudos naptu2

mightyhaze:
na omoalubi be the second Monika?

Omoluabi1stborn:


U need deliverance

sarrki:
34 years down the lane the car is obsolete

Why do we Amass power and money that will turn out to be obsolete sooner or later

This is a lesson that we should all learn from

Nothing last forever

Only God that is the supremo

He never old nor age

He never sleeps nor slumber

He never seize to reign

He his I am that I am

He’s the greatest and will be forever

We give you praise and honor

The greatest than the greatest
The celestial master of the universe

Add yours if you concur

sarrki:
34 years down the lane the car is obsolete

Why do we Amass power and money that will turn out to be obsolete sooner or later

This is a lesson that we should all learn from

Nothing last forever

Only God that is the supremo

He never old nor age

He never sleeps nor slumber

He never seize to reign

He his I am that I am

He’s the greatest and will be forever

We give you praise and honor

The greatest than the greatest
The celestial master of the universe

Add yours if you concur