Abuja customer run away with N55m Benz during test drive

A car dealer, Mohammed Manga has been left in disarray after a customer, Henry, vanished with one of his Mercedes Benz GLB 250 in Abuja.

Mr Mohammed told the Punch that a friend who is also into car dealing, visited his office in the Federal Capital Territory requesting to take the Benz worth over N55 million to a potential customer interested in purchasing it.

After taking the vehicle to the customer who introduced himself simply as Henry, Mohammed said his friend told him that after negotiations, Henry requested a test drive and was accompanied by his friend.

Mr Manga said: “A friend of mine called me to tell me that he wants to take my Mercedes Benz GLB 250 to a customer. He took the car to his office and the customer came there. He said the customer introduced himself as Henry from Gwarinpa and that he saw the car on an online marketplace.

“He saw the car and said he liked it; they negotiated N55m for the car and he said OK and demanded test driving the car. He drove the car with my friend sitting on the passenger side of the vehicle and they drove out to the filling station opposite the automatic car wash in Garki to buy petrol before the test drive.

“But immediately my friend stepped out of the car at the filling station to withdraw money from the PoS operator to buy fuel, the guy zoomed off with the vehicle. You know how it is, there’s no traffic, no hold up in Abuja and that’s how he absconded with the car.”

Mohammed said he reported that case to the Anti-Car Theft Unit of the command, adding that the stolen car is grey, with a mileage of 19000.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Ameh, also confirmed the incident, adding that “The police are tracking the suspect (Henry).”

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