Synord:



Contact a lawyer first.. if possible, get one of the eye witnesses to accompany you and corroborate your claim..

Do u have access to this truck driver ?? if so, contact him also because he is a prime witness..

Make sure what the driver ,witness and yourself write includes the part of the police officer dragging the car with them..

If possible, engage in a conversation challenging them about the report of the eye witness and carefully record it on your mobile..

if also possible, request to see the dpo himself of the office as he may be more ready to deal with any officer involve and ensure your car gets back to position !!!

Nice one bros

Motolank:
Thank GOD for life first

His life was never at risk na

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did you insure it ?

i have posted about insurance several times.

it seems expensive but it is worth it.

Sorry for your loss Bro.

So sorry, but as someone already said, go with a lawyer, not by yourself.

Forgive and come to Apo let my panel give you a good job

ooboi cant believe my eyes....you for give the police slap make hin eyes commot

LAFO:
Sorry OP,
You will still need to go to the station and make your statement.
Afterwards, meet your lawyer...
Get one if you don't have.
I hope luck shines on you.





Seun, Lalasticlala and mynd44, help a brother

seek lawyer advice before going to police station, if possible go with a lawyer , I pray they no change the issue to favour u, wish u luck

My broda you should not be afraid ....you have not committed any offence. get a good lawyer to analyse the circumstance before
writing any statement....I have a similar case like two years ago..though the damage was not this big. I can comfortably tell the possible outcome. The police does not pay. There will be a negotiation between you and the truck guy and eventually The truck guy will pay for part of the damage
while you bear the rest of the cost of repair, for humanity sake.

But to achieve what I stated above , while at the station you need to constantly blame the truck guy for disobeying the police .. Its almost a capital offence to point the blame at the police while you are at the station. Be warned.

Mind you ...last last, you and the truck guy still have to close the case with something.

@Op, sorry about the damage to your car.
My advise to you is go get your car fast out of the Police Station, because if you leave it at the station, some rogue policemen will continuously vandalize it until all the removable parts are gone.So it's better you park it at your house and effect it's repairs when you have money to do so.
As you go to the Police station, prepare for more shocking demands from the Police, for example, you might be asked to pay the sum of N40, 000 for you to tow home your car as it is an exhibit to be used against the erring truck driver.
I am writing all the above from personal experience, that is why I don't like the idea of having anything to do with the Police.

Well, if you had comprehensive insurance you shouldn't be bothered. Please get comprehensive insurance for your car.

Audinowing:
Good morning fellow Nairalanders. My Toyota camry was crashed yesterday evening by a truck. According to eye witnesses ( I was not at the scene when it happened ), the driver of the truck broke traffic rule but refused to stop. So the police officer ran after the truck, climbed from the driver's side and was dragging the steering of the vehicle with the driver. The vehicle lost control and fell on my car that was packed in front of my office. Kindly help with your advice as I am currently in a confused state. What legal step should I take please? The police has asked me to come write my statement by 11am today but I am worried since the case is iinvolving one of them.

Dear Lalasticlala, please I need as many advice as possible. please help push to FP

Below are the pictures of my wrecked car and that of the truck on my car.

Op talk to a lawyer before you honour any invitation by the police, u should walk into the station with yiur lawyer. It is the lawyer that will advice u on what details to put down and what not to say so that when the case reaches the court or wherever it will lean in your favour. Dont put down any statement if your lawyer has not okayed it

Synord:



Contact a lawyer first.. if possible, get one of the eye witnesses to accompany you and corroborate your claim..

Do u have access to this truck driver ?? if so, contact him also because he is a prime witness..

Make sure what the driver ,witness and yourself write includes the part of the police officer dragging the car with them..

If possible, engage in a conversation challenging them about the report of the eye witness and carefully record it on your mobile..

if also possible, request to see the dpo himself of the office as he may be more ready to deal with any officer involve and ensure your car gets back to position !!!

You have said well...

Though, you might need to re-arrange the order of what he should do.

1.) Get details of the truck (locate it, take pictures of where it impacted your vehicle with its plate number showing, take picture of the driver too)
2.) Take picture of the parking position of your car, (showing that it was not obstructing the road), the damages to it and get an "Estimate Total Cost of Repair" from a professional Auto~Shop)

3.) Accost the Driver and ask him if he will repair your vehicle by himself or if he thinks the Policeman should be held responsible for the repair (record this conversation)
Expect him to decline to repair it and blame it on the Policeman... in doing so, he will explain how the Policeman was struggling the steering with him, voluntarily) Try and let him tell you the details of the Police man. Ask him if he can identify him, if he sees him.
If he agrees to pay the cost of repair, let him sign an undertaking, with a Witness.

4.) Get his phone number and say you will call him back. Conform that it rings on his phone before you leave his presence.

5.) Send him a Text, repeating what you asked verbally in #3 above.
You want him to re-explain what happened, but now in a Text-form, as a reply.

6.) Take the above to a good and smart Lawyer (So many woo-woo Lawyers can spoil a good case while a good Lawyer can even win you a bad case! )

7.) With your Lawyer in-tow, go to the station and make a formal complain. Your Lawyer should ask to see the DPO.
Let your Lawyer explain what happened and ask "if" the Policeman is willing to bear the cost of repair (They will also decline).
Let your Lawyer tell them you will be filling a Civil case and joining the Police Force (and Police man), as defendant.

Your Lawyer should apply to the Courts for Damages to your Vehicle, loss to you for not been able to use it, cost of litigation, due to negligence on the part of the driver and Police, dangerous driving, e.t.c

Now, this is what "may" happen:
a.) Police will arrest he driver and FORCE him to repair your vehicle or pay the cost of repair.
b.) The Driver too, if he is smart, may engage a Lawyer and sue the Police man as well.
As it were, Driver will drag Policeman, just as your are dragging the Driver.
At the end of the day, your vehicle must be repaired.

Note: It is unlawful to refuse to stop, when stopped by a Police Officer (as in real Police, not these criminals in uniform...but they are still "Police" all the same) ......... Driver Commits an offence
It is also unlawful to struggle the steering-wheel with the Driver of a moving Vehicle, irrespective of the situation (there are other legal ways to bring the vehicle to a stop)...........Police Man commits an offence.

Op, whatever happens, make sure you use a subtle way to capture all your discussions and deals with them on tape. Use ur phone to record. You can never trust the Nigeria police. They go later deny things.

Eeya. See as Toyota come transform into Datsun.
Too bad.

Audinowing:
Good morning fellow Nairalanders. My Toyota camry was crashed yesterday evening by a truck. According to eye witnesses ( I was not at the scene when it happened ), the driver of the truck broke traffic rule but refused to stop. So the police officer ran after the truck, climbed from the driver's side and was dragging the steering of the vehicle with the driver. The vehicle lost control and fell on my car that was packed in front of my office. Kindly help with your advice as I am currently in a confused state. What legal step should I take please? The police has asked me to come write my statement by 11am today but I am worried since the case is iinvolving one of them.

Dear Lalasticlala, please I need as many advice as possible. please help push to FP

Below are the pictures of my wrecked car and that of the truck on my car.

Dont go to the station without a lawyer. The police are very cunny people. They can cook up a story in their own favor. Please note this! Thank you

AntiWailer:
did you insure it ?

i have posted about insurance several times.

it seems expensive but it is worth it.

Sorry for your loss Bro.

Not necessarily a total loss.

Every Car driving on the Road has one form of insurance or the other (3rd party, Fire and theft, Comprehensive, e.t.c)
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Agreed, if he had comprehensive insurance (assuming our Insurance Coys are not as fraudulent as they are as of today), he can make a CLAIM and be compensated to a certain percentage of the loss, without all the hassles of court (though, l dont know which is easier; hassles of court ...or trying to get a Nigerian Insurer to reimburse a loss)

The "bad side' of this is that:
1.) His Premium will rise dramatically such that it will appear his insurance company only "loaned" him the money he claimed (got paid back!).
2.) What he will be paid by the insurance company, will be less some deductions, by the insurance company and he will have to make up the rest.

Not a "particularly very good" result either.

He can get paid, for the damage on a "private basis".

Get a lawyer to go with you, that way they cant spin the story and say u parked on the road

kcmmm:
see details below and smile to your bank account... we hit them where it hurts...

If you have "smiled to the bank" yourself, you wont be this desperate, spamming every thread, with this your useless "banker"

At least, if you must catch "Maga", do it with some sense.
Just look at those "scrawny hands" of yours!

Is the car insured

With 20k
Dem go run am for u
Dem go jack boot
.na small tin set.
We don see many like this for exportauto shiit
Al those accidented cars for north america.
Nothing new.
Bro do the needful.
Make your panel beater finish work

Yemight2:
Since you didn't cause obstruction with your parking, let the driver or whoever take the charge. Your main concern should be how your car would be repaired. Why would a driver drag with a Nigerian Police, of all sense agent in the country.



I will rather kill myself than argue with a Nigerian Police. Bunch of irresponsible rogues.



Better get a better lawyer before they will charge you for wrong parking

At the boldened, the question should be why should the police give a driver a reason to drag with them in the first place? Nigeria police behave like savages compared to their counterparts all over the world. Has anyone seen a police officer hopping in a potential criminal's vehicle and dragging the steering wheel with him any where else in the world?

Even though I feel bad OP's car got damaged in the process, it would have been a worse situation if the truck rammed over a crowd of innocent people standing where his car was parked because a dumb police officer chose to drag the steering wheel with a driver.

chai

Just hold the driver of the truck responsible jejely if you want your car to be fixed. If the driver did not try to escape the police, he wouldn't have damaged your car. Infact if you just face the driver, the police will support you. But if you try to blame the police, they'll change the story and can even claim you parked at the wrong spot. All these eye witnesses will run away when you tell them to come support you. You still need a lawyer sha.

Audinowing:
Good morning fellow Nairalanders. My Toyota camry was crashed yesterday evening by a truck. According to eye witnesses ( I was not at the scene when it happened ), the driver of the truck broke traffic rule but refused to stop. So the police officer ran after the truck, climbed from the driver's side and was dragging the steering of the vehicle with the driver. The vehicle lost control and fell on my car that was packed in front of my office. Kindly help with your advice as I am currently in a confused state. What legal step should I take please? The police has asked me to come write my statement by 11am today but I am worried since the case is iinvolving one of them.

Dear Lalasticlala, please I need as many advice as possible. please help push to FP

Below are the pictures of my wrecked car and that of the truck on my car.

What do you really want Nairalanders to do for you?

If your car is insured, simply contact your insurance company

Yemight2:
Since you didn't cause obstruction with your parking, let the driver or whoever take the charge. Your main concern should be how your car would be repaired. Why would a driver drag with a Nigerian Police, of all sense agent in the country.



I will rather kill myself than argue with a Nigerian Police. Bunch of irresponsible rogues.



Better get a better lawyer before they will charge you for wrong parking

Ignorance is your case. Did you even read the part where the OP said the truck driver beat traffic and tried to escape. That is two faults on the truck driver. One is breaking traffic laws while the second is trying to escape from law enforcement. The Police officer is obligated to arrest and detain offenders and this is applicable all over the world.

Policemen in the USA will not hesitate to shoot you if you break the law and attempt to run.

better get a lawyer first...police will twist everything to their favour if u go ahead with writing a statement without consulting ur lawyer

Hope you ve ur custom duty.. Else u might loose everything.. Them ll radio dat Mr no uniform