Nigeria Police says it has concluded plans to put an end to car theft in the country.

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ayotunde Omodeinde, who represented the force at the launching of a new automated car monitoring device, PoliceBCMR, said he hoped the device would also prevent the public from buying stolen vehicles.

The PoliceBCMR is an initiative introduced by the Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria in partnership with Media Concepts International Limited, to prevent the theft and purchase of stolen vehicles.

Omodeinde said at the official signing of an agreement for the use of PoliceBCMR in Lagos, that stolen vehicles always found their way to car dealers and the dealers end up selling these vehicles without their knowledge.

He said whenever a stolen vehicle was brought to a member of AMDON, he or she has a duty of informing them discretely so that the police will be able to recover the vehicle.

This is a very wonderful initiative by the Inspector-General of Police to ensure the integration of AMDON system with the PoliceBCMR. It will enable us to track stolen vehicles and make it easy for the members of the public to buy vehicles without trouble,” he added.

The National President of AMDON, Ajibade Adedoyin, described the innovation as historic in the Nigerian auto industry. According to him, the association has been working on its development for the past four years.