Fact-check: Do Naija politicians really hide fleet of luxury cars in the bush? (PHOTOS)

Photos showing the fleet of expensive cars, including Bentley, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz, hidden in the green went viral in Nigerian social media.

The authors of such posts claimed that Nigerian politicians who looted the Nigerian treasury were hiding their cars in the bush from the operatives of the Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

But could this be true? 

Nigerians have been actively sharing the set of photos above with the caption:

“This our politicians are heartless, OMG just imagine what they hide in the bush, fleet of expensive cars, with our common wealth, thank God for PMB.”

The supporters of President Buhari’s war against corruption were set agog:

“Incredible! There is no predicting what smart Nigerian criminals can do. Kudos to EFCC,” Vincent T Yahuan wrote on Facebook.

“No wonder they want PBM dead! May God continue to keep our President alive!” Olubunmi Ilori commented.

“Wicked and heartless left us with blackout and hunger!!!” Fatima Yana Kingibe wrote.

Cars worth millions were kept in the same place for years

Surely, Nigerian looters may be hiding something. But not in this case. A simple online search shows the set of images was taken from an article about a car park full of abandoned vehicles in Chengdu, China. The report about this unusual place went viral worldwide on June 6, 2016.

The aerial view of the car park

Their owners cannot claim them back, as most of autos are involved in various ongoing criminal cases.