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ericuzor:
thanx for your honest opinion, I have been calling the mechanic at oyingbo he is not picking up same thing yesterday I hope my car is still with him, I will keep trying to call him am still pondering why he is not picking my calls because he has my number.

I will suggest that if you can, just go there in person to confirm if your vehicle is still there and why the mechanic is refusing to pick your calls.

Because it seems to me that the mechanic is trying to play safe and stay out of the situation. Which I don't blame him. You know how our Nigerian local mechanics commonly behave now.

Please go there with a witness once you get the chance. Or if you are the busy type, you can just send someone to go there unsuspiciously and check if your car is still there in the shop.

And once you have successfully confirmed that it's still there, you can now make further plans to go recover it legally.

ericuzor:
good day guys the story is a bit long , he is a friend that came to me that his life has no direction that I should help him I asked him how I can help he told me to buy him a car and his senior brother keeps calling me as well on his younger brother behalf actually am a family friend we have known for 2decades from my secondary school days.. I told him to choose a car of his choice and I will pay for it, when ever he is coming to my house at the island I send money to him and also take care of him, he told me he saw a Honda accord 2009 he likes at Ikeja, I gave him a date within same week I will be free to go with him and pay for the car and after buying the car I changed tires and painted the car, after fixing the car up we took the car to taxifier office to register the car, then I gave the car to him with an agreement of hire purchase which was signed by his brother and in-law as witness and surety, according to the agreement we had he was to pay me 30k per week for 30months and I told the brother if see my money for 20months I will give him the document that I just want him to be serious .. So I released the car to him to start working with it, but he took the car to his house and parked it there for one week, when I asked him about it he said he was waiting for his family members to come pray over the car before he starts working with it, the second week he started working with the car, he worked with the car only for three days and he purposely drive the car into a deep flood at orege in ajengunle water got into the car the engine went off , I didn't even know about this accident at first he didn't call me to tell me about it, I only noticed that whenever I call him doesn't pick, that made me to call his elder brother to ask about him, the brother called him and he said he was driving some ladies to a wedding and got into flood that shut engine he has to tow the car to yaya crecent at new road saying he doesn't have money to fix the car my car was there for 3weeks the brother who is the surety and sister keeps calling me to assist and fix my car, I went to the mechanic spent roughly 85k bought connecting road, fuel pump, the catalyst was removed I was mad had to buy another. The mechanic took more 3days to be through with the job I told the him to drive the car to my house at the island so I can test drive it to be sure it's OK, on his way he called me that the car is losing pressure won't accelerate he drove the car to city of David church at sand filled were his senior brother works and ever since then till now going to 6months he never picked my calls nor call me back The senior brother took the car to oyingbo to another mechanic and the mechanic told me the best thing now is to buy another engine and complete exhaust,that he has fix the car but when the air con is on in a hold up the engine vibrate and the car pressure is not as before,been calling the senior brother he is acting lackadaisical about the whole issue and he is the surety,the car is still at oyingbo. The hire purchased docs was drafted by me pic below..

Here is my own honest opinion:

1. Just inform the police (prepare to pay some small money at the station for complaint and stuff),
then, make the police realize that you are recovering your vehicle back from the Oyingbo mechanic.

2. Goto the mechanic shop at Oyingbo alongside a police officer and recover your car back but have someone use a smartphone to snap you and the police officer at the shop as you recover back the vehicle.
Also, draft a sort of document where you will sign,
the mechanic shop owner will sign,
and if possible a witness will also sign at the mechanic shop.
This will prove that you legally recovered your vehicle back because the hirer violated:
Paragraph (4) of the hire purchase agreement by not remitting any week's payment yet to you as initially agreed.

3. Settle the policeman with any small tip for coming with you then,
Tow your vehicle back to your own house.

4. Don't bother calling the hirer's brother or the hirer himself anymore, it's of no use.

5. Now decide what you want to do with the vehicle, either find a way to sell it off in that current condition or repair it from your purse and be using it for commercial hire. (It's all left for you to decide)
P.S: You can post the vehicle for sale at - https://naijauto.com/sell-car

Reason for my above advice:
This is Nigeria, Let me give you some facts that I can categorically tell you from your story and my past experience:

a. The Hirer is a highly unserious man that is not ready to work for money, he rather just wants someone rich to be given him money for free and feeding him for free.

(I am a Christian and I understand that God wants us to always do good/favor to everyone, but my bible also teaches that whenever you are doing a favor and your inner mind is not happy or pleased with such favor anymore, just stop.)
Any favor you are doing but not happy about is not acceptable to God at that point.

b. At this point, the hirer is not making you happy anymore to be wasting your money in the name of doing him a favor. Such is life, and that's how some Lazy men are.

c. The hirer's brother is also in one way not encouraging and might actually be in support of all the hirer's attitude.

>>> Just do the needful legally, and try to overlook all the money the Hirer owes you + the money you have spent on repairs.
>>> Trust me, I don't see the Hirer as the type of person that can pay up his debts at all if you want to drag him to court.

------ Just let it go, if you can. Recover your vehicle back legally and think of what to do next.-----

If the same man comes back to beg you to give him the car after you have repaired it, PLEASE DON'T.
ELSE YOU WILL END UP IN THE SAME SITUATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN.