FG auctions Diezani’s buildings, jewellery, Badeh’s property

Diezani Alison-Madueke

The Federal Government has listed for sale houses, jewellery and other items belonging to the former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The Diezani property located in highbrow Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, include 18 flats and six penthouses located at Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista, Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout.

The government also listed for sale property belonging to the late ex-chief of defence staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, whose Abuja houses were seized.

Other recovered items listed are 125 pieces of wedding gowns, 13 pieces of small gowns, 41 pieces of waist trainers, 73 pieces of hard flower, 11 pieces of suit, 11 pieces of invisible bra, 73 pieces of veils, 30 pieces of braziers, two pieces of standing fan, 17 pieces of magic skits, six packets of blankets, one table blanket and 64 pairs of shoes.

The Federal Government had last week begun the process of screening 613 independent valuers expected to manage the sale of the assets alleged to have been illegally acquired, which have now been permanently forfeited to it in about 25 locations throughout the country.

The total number of property marked for auction across the country is 1,620, including cars, houses, phones, laptops, vessels and other valuables.

A total of 284 firms submitted bids for the valuation of landed property, including residential, commercial, institutional and underdeveloped plots of land slated for disposal.

Chairman, inter-ministerial committee on the disposal of forfeited assets, Mohammed Etsu, told journalists last week that 229 proposals were received for the valuation of plants, machinery, motor vehicles, furniture and equipment, while 75 companies submitted bids for the valuation of water vessels for disposal, and 25 companies presented bids for the valuation of jewellery, ornaments and clothing materials for disposal.