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Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola: First Nigerian to Import a Bullet-Proof Vehicle

Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola made history as the first person to import a bullet-proof vehicle into Nigeria.

In 1964, he brought into the country a Mercedes-Benz valued at £8,000, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria's automotive history.

https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/06/meet-first-nigerian-who-imported-bullet.html

Is that not a rolex watch on his hand?

Fresh tribal marks to go with it.
Handsome bobo

That's not a Benz in any form please.

In those days

Africans were real, u can have tribal marks all over your body and not feel bothered

Nowadays, a scar will take someone's esteem

This corrupt man that was the caused of the first coup in Nigeria.

It surprising that Awolowo the preferred politician of the coupist was also the one that spear headed their ethnic genocide

This isn't a Merc. More like a Cadilac or Pontiac. It's a relic now anyways

Aare Samuel Ladoke Akintola, Aare ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland

I read it in the book of his son that one day the man is going in his fine car and people now surrounded the car that they want to do him harm

And the man just calmly come down from the car and started walking toward the people and the people just scattered and running helter skelter

Igbe a fe'we, o di bo'olo oyaami

A very strong man

I hear that he even face military man to man

This one like this na vintage car..

Laugh wan kill me. If oyinbo man dey listen to you closely like this just know say him wan cheat you..

adamkkk:
This corrupt man that was the caused of the first coup in Nigeria.

It surprising that Awolowo the preferred politicians of the coupist was also the one that spear headed their ethnic genocide

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Genocide against who?
When you people went to fight those feeding you, what did you expect?
Even the food they gave you, your soldiers were selling it to you instead of feeding you.

A treasure is now a relic, that's life

My best Impala in GTA, nice.

Wow ! Big name. Memories flooding my head

Your likes would never rest from these nonsense conspiracy theories and twisting of history.
Assuming things happened before, is it not better look forward and correct mistakes of the past, at least until there is a referendum on the future of the country.
I just reason some of you have bile contaminating your body fluids and it can't be helped, all you tribal chauvinists

adamkkk:
This corrupt man that was the caused of the first coup in Nigeria.

It surprising that Awolowo the preferred politicians of the coupist was also the one that spear headed their ethnic genocide

illicit:
In those days

Africans were real, u can have tribal marks all over your body and not feel bothered

Nowadays, a scar will take someone's esteem

Wokeness man!

Wokeness caused all this!

Cadillac Fleetwood......you can't even do a good research...

The car in this picture doesn’t look like a Mercedes.

What am I meeting him for?

Mtchewww

Oyo state, the pacesetter state..

The people that enjoy the real Nigeria of no bandits and kidnappers.

His bulletproof vehicle couldn't hold death's bullet
One shot and Ladoke met his Maker.

2 years later after the iconic purchase they shot him mercilessly in his house. He failed to bullet proof his house even though he weaponized it with a machine gun startling his attackers when he took out one of them. When bullet finish that is when he understand the proverb, vanity upon vanity all is vanity.

Titopeblog:
Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola: First Nigerian to Import a Bullet-Proof Vehicle

Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola made history as the first person to import a bullet-proof vehicle into Nigeria.

In 1964, he brought into the country a Mercedes-Benz valued at £8,000, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria's automotive history.

https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/06/meet-first-nigerian-who-imported-bullet.html

Cadillac Fleetwood 1959, not Mercedes Benz.

For what it's worth, it's still an iconic vintage car.

Titopeblog:
Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola: First Nigerian to Import a Bullet-Proof Vehicle

Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola made history as the first person to import a bullet-proof vehicle into Nigeria.

In 1964, he brought into the country a Mercedes-Benz valued at £8,000, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria's automotive history.

https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/06/meet-first-nigerian-who-imported-bullet.html

8k ponds will be equivalent to hundreds of thousand pounds now

From the picture, didn't know that was how he looked. 😮

What's that tiger claw mark on his face? How was he able to afford an £8000 car? Hope not from embezzling public funds?

chicfarmer:

Laugh wan kill me. If oyinbo man dey listen to you closely like this just know say him wan cheat you..

Those who lived abroad can relate to that. The Oyibo wey de find something for your hand go bend down well well , listening with full concentration, trying and pretending to understand what you’re saying. Btw, I am not talking about Akintola oO, before some people go come for my head.

I wonder how much such a vintage car will be worth now.

A very great omoluabi
Even his son set records
I wonder why the Yoruba race just sileneced his great legacy.
Bulletproof car but he was still killed by bullets in his house.
Rest in the Lord sir , na legend you be

Where is a pic of the bullet proof car?

KingRabota:
A very great omoluabi
Even his son set records
I wonder why the Yoruba race just sileneced his great legacy.
Bulletproof car but he was still killed by bullets in his house.
Rest in the Lord sir , na legend you be

Are you serious? So he was murdered?

Dogalmighty17:
I wonder how much such a vintage car will be worth now.

And to think that they left a valuable car like that in the open to degrade. Nigerians and poor maintenance culture! That car should be in a controlled environment.

Diring the first coup
Jan 15 1966

Kobicove:
Are you serious? So he was murdered?