tEsLim:
around 5:30 Oshodi / Challenge going towards Gbadada. Was on the curb side. There where these poorly dressed thugs/beggers. I actually taught they are beggers. There was traffic; normally I'm very observant when on the road. I notied that someone threw out lots of money from his car like 4cars away at the front. But taught maybe he was praised or some popular Owambe guy that just wanted to spray the thugs money.

Then it came to my turn they first acted like beggers and I waived them like I dont have money (because usually i dont give beggers money its shit , i dont 4ucking wind down to do that shit , ) the next thing the guy just changed started hitting my window hard when I loooked again this time he was flashing me a gun , I had 30k in my back pocket and N500 in my wallet lol , and normally in such traffic i do clear my car dont have mobile phones around in visible area. So I showed him my empty wallet with N500 wind down a litle then gave him he took it first. I had a big chain on my neck but he didn't notice i guess but then the rest of them blocked me in the front and was now demanding that i get out of the car and where tryna force open the car. But luckily for me the traffic have moved by then i looked forward and just speed off and drove into the middle part. I'll never drive in the sides whenever in Oshodi traffic again!!! Always middle!

Surprising thing is that everybody in the traffic pretended they didn't see what just happened to me but I was lucky still N500 ,

Seun:
You maimed a kid for life because he wanted to steal your car? Check yourself man. It's just a car.

ataspray:

i find this comment very funny
my experience
i had woken up around 2am in the night (i'm an owl and i like being awake at ungodly hours, to reflect, pray, exercise etc) looked thru my balcony and noticed the inside light of my corolla was on and some funny movements in d car. (we live in those estates that have no fence) immediately i knew something was wrong, there was also no sign of my dog. i got my dads mossberg and went out to investigate. the burglar/thief on sighting me attempted to flee, but i shot at him, and his side was blown open. turned out this unlucky thief had poisoned my dog, and was going to steal most panels of my car. I have no regrets doing what i had to do,that car was not even insured yet, and i lost my beautiful and expensive rottweiler, i will protect my life and properties by any means possible, especially when the nigerian police are not about to do that for me

Siena:


Sorry to read this bro. I was especially saddened by the wilful destruction of a beautiful animal. I have no sympathy for the guy you shot.

diportivo:
2008.....sept 9,...9:35pm

Drove into ajisegiri street at ladipo busstop on the agege motor road.was to go drop my brother's 08 Camry (18 inch alloy,pioneer DVD,etc)

Negotiated a bend and suddenly was blinded by the full beam of a hyundai cerato,sitting in my lane... I initially thought the guy wanted to make a left turn and dat me not allowing him the right of way was why we were now facing each other

I flipped to reverse, eased back a little for the iiidiot to make his turn,only for him to follow me at a steady pace.

My mind just told me they are robbers...ah!new car!na my elder brother get am oh!wetin I go talk!!!

Dats how I slammed the throttle o....full speed behind!!it was night,I was at a disadvantage reversing,and dey at an advantage just driving forward so twas easy for them to stay on my trail

I lost control of the car,almost careened in the gutter,and den decided not to reverse anymore......dat I wld face dem and see what wld happen......

Didn't bring the car to a complete stop before flipping to drive and bam!.the engine died!!

While I was trying to restart,fiddling with shifting the gear lever to park etc,there was a knock on the drivers door,and a stern warning for me not to try anything funny,and dat I shld come down

Unlocked d car,got down,and was given a resounding slap.......leader if the gang,holding a shotgun said.."you are maad!u wan run abi?....oya,enta d back sit"

I was pushed into the car,leader sat in d front passenger seat,a dude took over d driving

The kia followed us at the back,and they jacked anoda 08 corolla on church street...towards apapa expressway that same night.....in fact, while I was praying for my life in the back seat,and consoling myself dat I won't die since the guy didn't shoot and dat might mean there isn't any bullet in it,he had to shoot at the corolla driver to scare him off....right there and den,I told myself dat the end has come...since there's bullet in the gun,dis dude will kill me

To cut the long story short,oda drivers were released but not me.....the dude driving took my fone and flash drive.they were in d front pocket.he was in a hurry and didn't check my back pocket where I was sitting on 15k dat night

Leader of the gang kept calling his wife on fone,updating her on his journey and how God has blessed their job for the night...he uncoupled his gun (I heard it all as I was made to bend down) and was smoking weed in d car

I was dropped off at ijaniki,just b4 a police checkpoint which was mounted In front of a police station

When I found my way there the first policeman I saw queried why I didn't raise alarm as soon as they dropped me .......dumbo!

I was in tears....new car....to go drop it some 10mins away and here I was,a looong way from home and d car had been stolen!!

I can't forget that day,nor the events....icldv been killed...I was just lucky

The car was Neva seen....I went to three different police stations dat night just to make statements..radio this radio that,blah blah blah...Nada!

Insurance paid tho......and while dat put a sort of end to the matter, I was paranoid for years after dat

Suspecting every funny movement

in my university days I was very good at this www.nairaland.com/attachments/3919862_images11_jpeg0a11a8ec37620e47e4feab56245e56df

It might have come in handy, would have scared the shit out of the robbers, you might have gotten shot at also

GAZZUZZ:


in my university days I was very good at this www.nairaland.com/attachments/3919862_images11_jpeg0a11a8ec37620e47e4feab56245e56df

It might have come in handy, would have scared the shit out of the robbers, you might have gotten shot at also

blackfm:
My personal experience is a break-in. Just last 3 thursdays ago 16 June, my 05 corolla was broken into and the usual 4 power window control and brainbox were stolen with the small back window smashed. The savages even took the brainbox hangar by breaking the damn thing off the plastic casing with a fanlike stuff where the hanger was screwed. So I can't use the hanger I got and I don't want to leave the new brainbox dangling. I'm thinking of using ribbit (if that's what it's called) to hold the brainbox to the chassis, no more stealing that way.

cchioke:
mine was traumatising, i woke up one morning sometimes in oct2010 to see that only chasis left of my rav4 2003,they totally skinned the car only chairs and chasis left, i felt so bad it took off me around 320k to come out of the shit,i now intrioduced 2 german dogs that cost me 35k each, but they were 2 months old then,after a week woke up one morning to discover that the dogs are no more,i was like men what kind of enviroment is this,i still moved on 2 weeks later my wife called me on phone around 5pm to intimate me that our stupid house girl allowed a stranger to come into our aprtment and convinced her that she was sent by my wife,any way to cut the long stories short her gold,trinkets bracelets choice clothings shoes laptop went with the pregnant stranger,immediatly i got home i relocted my family to anoda location the next morning, till i finally moved out of that shit in dec is traumatising

diportivo:
2008.....sept 9,...9:35pm

Drove into ajisegiri street at ladipo busstop on the agege motor road.was to go drop my brother's 08 Camry (18 inch alloy,pioneer DVD,etc)

Negotiated a bend and suddenly was blinded by the full beam of a hyundai cerato,sitting in my lane... I initially thought the guy wanted to make a left turn and dat me not allowing him the right of way was why we were now facing each other

I flipped to reverse, eased back a little for the iiidiot to make his turn,only for him to follow me at a steady pace.

My mind just told me they are robbers...ah!new car!na my elder brother get am oh!wetin I go talk!!!

Dats how I slammed the throttle o....full speed behind!!it was night,I was at a disadvantage reversing,and dey at an advantage just driving forward so twas easy for them to stay on my trail

I lost control of the car,almost careened in the gutter,and den decided not to reverse anymore......dat I wld face dem and see what wld happen......

Didn't bring the car to a complete stop before flipping to drive and bam!.the engine died!!

While I was trying to restart,fiddling with shifting the gear lever to park etc,there was a knock on the drivers door,and a stern warning for me not to try anything funny,and dat I shld come down

Unlocked d car,got down,and was given a resounding slap.......leader if the gang,holding a shotgun said.."you are maad!u wan run abi?....oya,enta d back sit"

I was pushed into the car,leader sat in d front passenger seat,a dude took over d driving

The kia followed us at the back,and they jacked anoda 08 corolla on church street...towards apapa expressway that same night.....in fact, while I was praying for my life in the back seat,and consoling myself dat I won't die since the guy didn't shoot and dat might mean there isn't any bullet in it,he had to shoot at the corolla driver to scare him off....right there and den,I told myself dat the end has come...since there's bullet in the gun,dis dude will kill me

To cut the long story short,oda drivers were released but not me.....the dude driving took my fone and flash drive.they were in d front pocket.he was in a hurry and didn't check my back pocket where I was sitting on 15k dat night

Leader of the gang kept calling his wife on fone,updating her on his journey and how God has blessed their job for the night...he uncoupled his gun (I heard it all as I was made to bend down) and was smoking weed in d car

I was dropped off at ijaniki,just b4 a police checkpoint which was mounted In front of a police station

When I found my way there the first policeman I saw queried why I didn't raise alarm as soon as they dropped me .......dumbo!

I was in tears....new car....to go drop it some 10mins away and here I was,a looong way from home and d car had been stolen!!

I can't forget that day,nor the events....icldv been killed...I was just lucky

The car was Neva seen....I went to three different police stations dat night just to make statements..radio this radio that,blah blah blah...Nada!

Insurance paid tho......and while dat put a sort of end to the matter, I was paranoid for years after dat

Suspecting every funny movement

Siena:
I have no regrets, with regards to my actions all those years ago, that cost a thief a leg. I would do it again, if the same guy crossed my path, and attempted to rob me, again, I would make sure he lost the other leg.

lukaino:
Very informative thread!
I had my own car burglary experience on Friday 1st July in Lagos. I had gone for a night vigil in a church in the Ogba area. I parked in a supposedly open, well lit place.
By 5am when I came out, I found that my rear window (2008 Corolla), was broken, door opened and all four power window controls were missing. On close observation, I discovered the bonnet open but nothing was taken.
I started the car and drove home.
Spent almost 30k for replacements from Ladipo.

See the pictures below.

this is a testimony , they saw the brainbox and left it alone (haleluyah!) guy epp your sef weld it in.