₦airaland Forum

As stated a couple of times in other articles; the state of the economy, rapid inflation, and morbidly exorbitant exchange rate has led to the buying of Nigerian used vehicles becoming more common nowadays than in previous years and this unfortunately comes with a higher risk of something going wrong (mechanical or otherwise) than in the case of importing the vehicle yourself or buying foreign used from a dealer.

However, the onus is still on you to properly verify all the documents before processing payment. With that said, here are the documents you should always request for (in no particular order):

1. Custom documents.

2. Vehicle licence.

3. Insurance certificate.

4. CMR (Computerised Motor Registration).

5. Road worthiness certificate.

6. Plate number allocation.

7. Proof of ownership.

Upon receiving these documents, please endeavour to verify independently and make sure everything corresponds with one another. A set of numbers on a registration document being different from what’s on the actual vehicle might be difficult to explain if and when one is stopped by the authorities during a routine stop and check, or when trying to resell said vehicle.

As always, best wishes and thanks for reading.

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