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Police Tracking An Abuja Customer Who Stole Mercedes GLB Worth N55m During Test-drive
Police tracking an customer who stole a 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 SUV during a test drive in the Abuja.
According to the car dealer, the stolen car with a mileage of 19000 is grey in colour and worth N55 million.
The Nigerian police are tracking a suspect simply known as Henry who absconded with a car dealer’s 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 SUV during a test drive in the Abuja area of the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the car dealer, Mohammed Manga, who reported that case to the Anti-Car Theft Unit of the command, the stolen car with a mileage of 19000 is grey in colour and worth N55 million.
Daggash Autos on its Twitter wrote :
“STOLEN CAR ALERT ‼️ 🚨
Client ran a way with this car (MERCEDES BENZ GLB 250, 2021 Model) in Abuja from Test-Driving ..Please keep an eye out for it, it could be found in your State(s) too. Please if you have any leads to help us recover, reach out asap…”
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Ameh, who confirmed the car theft said “The police are tracking the suspect (Henry).”
Speaking on how the car was stolen, Manga explained that his friend, who is also into the business of selling cars, visited his office in Abuja requesting to take the vehicle to the potential customer.
After negotiations, Manga said his friend told him Henry requested a test drive. During the test drive, Manga said his friend requested to make cash withdrawal and after stepping out of the vehicle, Henry zoomed off with the vehicle to an unknown destination.
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.”
