₦airaland Forum

EmptyGarden:
IBB legs get misunderstanding for the photo o.

naptu2:
More pictures later.

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

nairabacks:
That's not S600 1987 model...
Although the pic is likely 1987

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34 years down the lane the car is obsolete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

naptu2:


Who said that it is S600 1987 model??

It is not even an S Class.

It is a W100 600.

Google W100 600.

President Babangida visited Katsina and Akwa Ibom States in 1987 and 1988 after creating the two states, but nobody said that the car was made in 1987.

The W100 600 was made from 1964 till 1981.

SarkinYarki:
A county living above it's means since time immemorial...Nigerian president deserve nothing more than Passat taking into cognizance the poor work they do

naptu2:
1) Look at the North Central State (Kaduna State) coat of arms on the limousine.

2) Even state governors rode in stretch limousines back then.

3) There's been a lot of confusion about the name Abba Kyari in recent times, so I think I'll call him Abba Kyari The First. This is Brigadier Abba Kyari, the governor of the North Central State.

4) Look at the bottoms that the corps members are wearing.


This is the passing out parade of the first set of NYSC members in the North Central State. The parade was held in June 1974 at Zaria Race Course.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK67azdxSXk

EmptyGarden:
IBB legs get misunderstanding for the photo o.

naptu2:
Several Rolls Royce cars were used as the Nigerian Number 1 state car in the colonial and post colonial era. The most famous of them were the Rolls Royce Phantom V and Phantom VI.

Nnamdi Azikiwe, Tafawa Balewa, Aguiyi-Ironsi and Yakubu Gowon were all chauffeured in Rolls Royces.

Rolls Royces were also used by the Nigerian High Commission in the UK.

See pictures below

(This are pictures of the Nigerian High Commission's cars. I will post pictures and videos of the state cars used by governors-general of Nigeria and of the cars used by Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa).

The first car is a Rolls Royce Phantom V, while the others are Phantom VI.

FGN = Federal Government of Nigeria (that was the license plate for Nigerian Government cars back in the day, but we also had CVU, that is, Conference Visitors Unit of State House).

sarrki:
The celestial master of the universe

Add yours if you concur

naptu2:
That's the W100 that was used by Gowon, Obasanjo (only when receiving foreign heads of state), Shagari and Babangida......

naptu2:
Nigeria hosted the Organisation of African Unity summit in 1991. It was held in Abuja and the International Conference Centre was built for the summit. The main hall in the conference centre is called the Africa Hall, to reflect the reason that it was built.

The NTA, whose headquarters was still based in Lagos at the time, transmitted their network programmes, including the 9 o'clock news, from Abuja. They began broadcasting early in the morning each day and the news was read in both French and English.

The government bought a lot of 6-door W124 Mercedes Benz limousines for the summit. I don't know the exact number, but speculations in the media ranged from 24 to 52. I believe these speculations were because the limousines bore the name of the head of state's country on their license plate. For example, the limousine that carried Hosni Mubarak had Egypt on its license plate, the limousine that ferried Javier Perez de Cuellar had UN on its license plate and the limo that took Yasser Arafat around had PLO on its license plate.


There were also a lot of interesting rumours. One rumour was that some of the drivers stole some of the limousine. One specific rumour was that a driver drove a limo across the border to Benin Republic where he sold it.

President and Mrs Babangida used the limousines as their official cars after the summit. The limos went into storage during the Shonekan and Abacha eras, but they were brought back during the Abdulsalam Abubakar era and both General Abubakar and Admiral Akhigbe used them.

This picture is from one of General Abubakar's visits to Lagos. He and Governor Marwa are in the limo and it is being shepherded by SSS operatives in Land Rover Discovery SUVs and mounted policemen on horses.

Xhuntra:
That car being a vintage can still buy ur destiny. U know zombie destiny no dey cost too much

sarrki:
Your ooooooplesssss fadaa can’t even talk like that to me