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| ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta |
Choi! these are not comfortable times for some
‘super rich’ civil servants as they are said to be rushing to sell
their choice houses and state-of-the-art automobiles in order to avoid
losing the properties to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft
crusade.
Already, the Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences Commission has reportedly
confiscated some buildings said to have been owned by public servants
whose earnings are said not to support ownership of such grand
structures.
It was learnt on Tuesday
that some civil servants now bombard estate agents in the Federal
Capital Territory in order to aid the quick sale of their properties,
while financially buoyant buyers were said to have started cashing in on
the development.
The sale of properties in Abuja
since the new administration came on board had increased by about 30 per
cent.
In fact, it was learnt that property
sales in the FCT increased “tremendously” within the past four weeks, in
contrast to the lull that characterised the sector from January to May
this year.
Real estate agents in the Federal Capital Territory attributed the increase to the recent probes of government
officials and the resultant confiscation of their properties by the
ICPC.
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