Auto Dealers At Tin Can Island May Resume Sale Of Vehicles Soon

There are strong indications that auto dealers at the popular ‘national’ premises at the Tin Can Island port complex may resume business once again before the end of the month.
This development came last week as the premises that once accommodate Conoil filling station and the fairly-used vehicles market have been refurbished and opened to vehicles and pedestrians.

There are strong indications that auto dealers at the popular ‘national’ premises at the Tin Can Island port complex may resume business once again before the end of the month.
This development came last week as the premises that once accommodate Conoil filling station and the fairly-used vehicles market have been refurbished and opened to vehicles and pedestrians.
Investigation by Shipping Position Daily revealed that business has already commenced at the filling station as vehicles now purchase fuel from the premises even as naval officials and auto dealers were going about their normal activities on the spot.
The entrance into the filling station that was formerly barricaded with containers in order to prevent vehicles exit and entry has been opened allowing free flow of vehicles into and out of the place.
Even though activities at the premises were scanty as at last week, some fairly used vehicles that are purportedly for sale were spotted by our correspondent.
Source at the premises expressed optimism about the possibility of the return of dealers soon.
The source (name withheld) said that selling of fairly used vehicles at the park has helped most buyers who have found the National auto market very reliable
However he said that the Tin Can Island Motor Dealers Association will be holding a brief meeting in order to know when business will fully resume.
It would be recalled that no fewer than 25 fairly used vehicles were seized by men of the Nigerian Navy on Sunday the 5th of December 2011 from the Tin Can Island Motor Dealers Park in Lagos, following a brief notice for them to vacate the environment.
The raid was carried out when a detachment of naval personnel under the aegis of Lagos Port Access Road Committee [LAPARC], stormed the popular national Bus stop [Conoil filling station] where vehicles are sold instructing the dealers to take their vehicles out of the premises.