The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday promised to review the complaints regarding the public auction of forfeited vehicles.
The auction, conducted online by accredited auctioneers on behalf of the commission was characterised by technical glitches like the inability to access the auctioneer’s website and outrageous bid prices.
The EFCC’s acknowledged the complaints in a press statement on Thursday.
“Relevant departments of the commission monitored the exercise and can confirm that there were glitches. This observation was communicated to the auctioneers for remedial action,” the statement read in part.
The anti-graft agency noted that the glitches could be due to the overwhelming number of participants on the auctioneer’s website, while stressing that it was not an excuse.
“Without making excuses for the auctioneers, it is possible that the sheer number of participants in the exercise (over 4 million) perhaps stretched the carrying…
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