A business purchased a motor vehicle worth ₦2,500,000 on credit from Zenith Motors. In which book of original entry should this transaction be recorded?

The purchases day book is used exclusively for recording credit purchases of goods for resale (trading goods). The purchase of a non-current asset (motor vehicle) on credit is not a trading transaction and must therefore be recorded in the journal proper, with a debit to Motor Vehicle account and a credit to Zenith Motors account.