A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has retrieved 48 of
his properties seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
The Punch has learnt.
A Punch correspondent, who visited some of the properties, located
mostly in highbrow areas of Abuja such as Wuse II and Maitama, observed
that some of the inscription ‘EFCC, Keep Off’, on the gates or fences of
the properties, had been wiped off the buildings while some of the
buildings had been rented out.
The correspondent, who posed as a prospective tenant, was informed that
the rent for the properties ranged between N2.5m and N6m per annum.
The correspondent was informed that the 16 units of service apartments
at Plot 1181 Thaba Tseka Crescent, off IBB Way in the Wuse II area of
the Federal Capital Territory, cost N6m per annum including a N1.5m
service charge. The building provides seven hours of power supply from a
generator.