The Lagos State government on Thursday said it neither requested for, nor used bulletproof vehicles BMW Series 7 during the 18th National Sports Festival in the state.

This is according to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social Development, Mr. Enitan Oshodi, which also indicated that the government duly made a request to President Goodluck Jonathan for waiver of destination inspection charges and duty exemptions on 300 vehicles which were to be used for the festival.

The statement said that the request was as well duly granted by the President leading to the issuance of a certificate of waiver in respect of the duty payable on the importation of the cars, by Coscharis Nigeria Limited.

It maintained that it only requested for and got from Coscharis, regular saloon cars, four- wheel drive vehicles and buses in its capacity as official vehicle providers for the sports festival.

"The vehicles requested from Coscharis who were Sponsors of the 18th NSF were limited to regular saloon cars, four wheels drive vehicles and buses to convey the 14,000 athletes and 10,000 officials who attended the games”, the statement said.

The statement further recalled that the National Sports Festival belongs to the Federal Government, which the State hosts on terms and conditions contained in written agreements, highlighting one of the conditions to include the provision of 300 vehicles or officials and athletes use.

It however noted that the State was not involved in clearing the vehicles which was done through the Customs, a Federal Government Agency and Coscharis, and that the state is therefore not in a position to know whether bulletproof vehicles were imported or cleared under the cover of the waiver granted.

The statement concludes, “Government also wishes to state categorically and unequivocally that it did not request for any bulletproof vehicle BMW level 7 series or any other bulletproof vehicle for use at the games, nor was any such vehicle used in the hosting of the 18th NSF”.