Crime
FG receives proposals to value Diezani’s forfeited gowns, invisible bras, other clothing items
The federal government has screened no fewer than 613 independent valuers to appraise 1,620 properties which several politically exposed persons forfeited to the federal government.
Those currently affected including the UK-based former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke and the late CDS Alex Badeh.
Diezani’s property located in highbrow Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, include eighteen flats and six penthouses located at Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista, Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout.
Other listed property include those belonging to the late Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, whose houses in the Wuse 2 and Maitama high-end neighbourhoods of Abuja were seized.
They include No. 14 Adzope Crescent, off Kumasi Crescent; 19 Kumasi Crescent, Wuse 2; and 6 Umme Street, Wuse 2.
Other recovered items listed are: 125 wedding gowns, 13 small gowns, 41 waist trainers, s73 hard flowers, 11 suits, 11 invisible bras, 73 veils, 30 braziers, 2 standing fans, 17 magic skits, 6 packets of blankets, one table blanket, 64 pairs of shoes.
EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa months ago told federal lawmakers Dieziai’s jewels alone are worth N14bn.
Lagos has the highest number of property that will be auctioned, including thirty one houses and five hundred and eighty-nine vehicles.
At the expiration of the deadline, two hundred and eighty four firms submitted bids for the valuation of landed property, including residential, commercial, institutional and underdeveloped plots of land slated for disposal.
The Chairman, Inter-ministerial Committee on the Disposal of Forfeited Assets, Solicitor-General Mohammed Etsu, said two hundred and twenty nine proposals were received for the valuation of plants, machinery, motor vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Seventy five companies submitted bids for the valuation of water vessels for disposal, while twenty five companies presented bids for the valuation of jewellery, ornaments and clothing materials for disposal.
Etsu said the committee would ensure a harmonised and transparent process to safeguard the recovered assets by the relevant agencies.
He said only clothing materials were available for valuation at the moment because pieces of jewellery were still subjects of litigation and therefore were not part of the process for now.