“We Recovered 80 Armored Mercedes S-Class Without Customs Duties From One Person” – ex-SPIP Chairman Under Pres. Buhari

“We recovered 80 armored Mercedes S-Class without Customs duties from one person” – ex-SPIP Chairman Under Pres. Buhari.

He also noted that some of the property, assets recovered under his watch were returned back to the looters.

SPIP was an independent investigative panel set up under Buhari to recover stolen properties and assets.

Okoi Obono-Obla, a former Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), has revealed that 80 armored Mercedes-Benz S-Class ultra-luxury sedans without Customs duties was recovered from a person.

Obono-Obla made the allegation on Saturday while speaking in an exclusive interview on MIC ON Podcast by Seun Akinbaloye. He also noted that some of the things recovered under his watch were returned back to the looters.

“Some of the things I recovered were returned to the looters. For instance, there was this case of someone from whom I recovered over 80 brand new S-Class Mercedes-Benz cars (armored plated) from in Jabi, Abuja.

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“I wrote to the DG Customs to ask if the person paid customs duties of the vehicles, he said ‘No’, they didn’t pay. I wrote to the Federal Inland Revenue Services to know if the person paid tax on the vehicles, he also said ‘No’ and that they don’t have the records.

“We went to court to get an order of interim forfeiture, and it was granted pending the hearing of the case. So, I sent a memo to Malami to brief him on what we were doing, only for him to tell me that he never mandated me to do things I investigated,” he said.

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) was an independent investigative panel set up during the administration of president Muhammadu Buhari to recover stolen properties and assets belonging to the country.

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