The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced that the physical inspection and auction of about 649 forfeited vehicles located across nine states, including the Federal Capital Territory will begin on Tuesday, 6 December.
This exercise will include the auctioning of 15 vessels and barges in Rivers, Delta, and Lagos states, a total of 39 mobile phones, 11 laptop devices, and other gadgets.
The auctioning exercise was made known through a public notice advertorial issued on Friday, December 2 and it will be carried out by the commission’s appointed auctioneers.
The statement read: “From Tuesday, there would be physical and e-auction of the items, which were subject to final forfeiture orders following the Establishment Act, 2004; Public Procurement Act, 2007; and the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act, 2022.”
The advertorial had additionally, listed the items up for auction in each state, together with the dates, various venues of the auction, and websites for the online viewing of those to be auctioned electronically.
The exercise will be held simultaneously across the affected states and in the FCT. It is scheduled to end together with the physical auction in Sokoto and Ilorin, respectively on December 20, 2022.
Some of the vehicles to be auctioned include exotic cars, and expensive sport utility vehicles- SUVs, trucks, buses, and saloon cars respectively.
