Even though it has recovered about 693 containers of power equipment abandoned at ports due to tariffs, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Friday claimed that the Nigeria Customs Service had illegally auctioned 200 of such containers to unknown persons or organisations.
Managing Director of TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, said this in a statement in Lagos.
Mohammed said that some of the power equipment had been auctioned by the Nigeria Customs Service, but vowed that TCN would go after the auctioneers to recover the containers.
“TCN still has over 200 other containers auctioned by the Customs outside the ports,’’ he said.
According to him, the recovery of the 693 containers was achieved last week, as it revealed that some of the containers had been stranded at various ports for about 15 years.
Mohammed said: “we were able to recover 693 containers as of last week, out of a total of 800 containers that have been in the ports.
“Some of these containers have been there for 15 years.
“Others have been auctioned and we had to trace the auctioneers to get the containers.
“The government is supporting us. And with the same way they are supporting us, I know that as government has beamed its searchlight on the distribution companies, they are going to solve the problems with power distribution,’’ he said.
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