The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has
auctioned 244 vehicles forfeited to the federal government.
According to a statement released on the commission’s
official Facebook page on Thursday, the vehicles were forfeited by illegal oil
dealers.
The auction exercise was flagged off on Thursday by Ola
Olukayode, the commission’s secretary, and some other senior officials of the
EFCC.
The initial auctioning process took off at the premises of
the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) in the old Government Reservation
Area (GRA) in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The processes involved allocation of bidding slots to
registered auctioneers.
A total of 11 registered auctioneers were shortlisted for
the exercise and they include Musa Kura & Co; FSS Nigeria Limited; Auspex
Global Services; Jfdor International Limited; JN Enedo Nig. Ltd; Jagsul Nigeria
Ltd; Soldap Integrated System; Fagobe Company Ltd; Amijapp Nigeria Ltd, Rihago
Auctioning Ltd and Tojugnonyen Auctioneering Co. Ltd.
Representatives of all the shortlisted auctioneers were
present to pick slots from an open container publicly displayed at the POWA’s
open ground.
Commenting on the bidding slots, two of the shortlisted
auctioneers expressed satisfaction with the processes involved in picking the
slots.
Seye Morgan, the chief auctioneer for Rihago Auction
Limited, commended the EFCC for “running such transparent and credible bidding.
We are really surprised at the level of openness and transparency demonstrated
in picking slots”.
Torisheju Ugbonyen, another auctioneer, said “the
transparency of picking slots compensated for the period of waiting for the
processes to commence. EFCC has shown that it is indeed an anti-corruption
agency”.
The next process involved in the auction of the vehicles is
purchase by interested members of the public.
EFCC said auctioneers have already begun the process by
displaying the vehicles on open boards.
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