George_D:

baconline,

if you compare the cost of clearing through lagos and the hassles you go through driving your car in the bush, you'll see that it's just not worth it.

oyinsbank:

Its a shame that custom officers are doing rubbish on the highway and punishing people unnecessarily, where dem dey when the cars passed thru the border, if they mean business why cant they impound it right there, but all na corruption, some of their official will collect settlement and let the car pass, the owner is on his own if he encounters any other custom checkpoint. i think its more reasonable to leave their checkpoint only to the borders. its their failure that such cars ever pass thru the border in the first place , so they should not be harrassing people on the highway.


And even when you have the correct papers and the car came in through lagos port, they still find way to extort you.
i was once told that the duty paid on my car is too small, that they will impound the car if i dont drop something.Can you imagine !!!!!.

Useless animals.

Kunle-A:

,   For those looking for a 1996 Camry with correct custom paper: i got news for you:

[size=14pt]It doesn't exist!!!![/size]

Onwan:

Thats not true.

Ask perfectbuyer - he advertises cars from Kotonou and he specifies clearing costs. Thats not smuggling.

alanbolo:

[size=16pt]IT DOES EXIST[/size]. Just sold one that came in tru lagos port last November and another one tru same port in march, I did load it myself and cleared by my able agent. it depends ON how far u can see, my brother.

baconline:

@Onwan
The cost of clearing that perfectbuyer indicated is the clearing in Kotonou at the park AND NOT NIGERIAN CUSTOMS,beware cos those cars will land at your door step with no paper

lite5:

@Fhemmmy Do you have any container going to Lagos, NGR anytime soon?

fuke:

Unfortunate,guys have turned this serious matter to advertising.

The house says the customs should limit their operations to the boarder.
That is the law, whether good or bad. The pests should get off the road.

Dealers should petition the house to punish the pot bellied rogue in Kogi.

baconline:

Any custom officer on this forum to educate us?

Onwan:

I have bought cars from Kotonou and all I do is to give the receipt from the dealer to the official that handle my vehicle documents (including tinted permits) and its taken care of within a week with the Autoreg and all.

I cant even argue with anyone about this because its what I know and have. Also I met a customs team on one of my trips to Ibadan and he explained to me that lots of people arrange customs papers even for cars coming in through Lagos ports without it being registered with them and that they do sieze such vehicles.

So my advise again is that once a car is in Nigeria - even if its a 1935 model, let the right officials take of these things for you - and IF thats not good enough for you, then its your business. This is Nigeria, its a very practical country and these things work the way they do.

baconline:

@ Onwan
No offence,but I don't believe your story of clearing your cars with original custom papers,your ads show u allocation some money for custom clearing which I presume to be clearing in the Host country's custom. Please give total breakdown from cost of buying to leaving the park,to landing to lagos,and clearing thru Nigerian custom of the last two cars you did business on.Once again no offence,just tryn to clear some issues in my mind

Onwan:

Yeah, once he is done at the Isi-Ewu joint on Toyin [/b]Str (After a hard, [b]extortive day's job).