Gov’t Taskforce Retrieves 'State' Vehicles At Nsawam

The Assets Retrieval Task Force composed by the government has seized a number of vehicles believed to belong to the state.

The vehicles were parked on a private property at Nsawam in the Eastern Region.

The Task Force led by Mr. Akwasi Abebrese together with journalists, besieged the private property on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 upon a tip off.

They found a number of government vehicles, some of them with SPD (State Protocol Department) registered number.

The vehicles retrieved include two Toyota Land Cruisers, a BMW salon car and a Mitsubishi Pajero among others.

But the total number of government vehicles found on the private property is in dispute.

Even though the officer of the Assets Retrieval task force puts the total number of vehicles at 60, the owner of the property on which the vehicles were parked, William Baah, disputed the figure.

He did not, however, deny that some of the vehicles belonged to the state, except to say that those vehicles were kept there on the authority of the courts.

According to William Baah, who claims to be an auctioneer, the vehicles were confiscated by the courts and were kept in his custody.

He would neither say which court confiscated the vehicles nor from which ministry or state department they were confiscated from.

By procedure, it is possible for a court to confiscate a vehicle or other properties belonging to the state for possible auction.

The vehicles could be kept in the custody of the petitioner but must be on the authority of the court.

It cannot be said, however, that these vehicles were indeed confiscated by the court.

The auctioneer has yet to produce any evidence detailing the circumstances and grounding his claims that the vehicles were confiscated on court orders.

Akwasi Abebrese said the vehicles will be seized and the auctioneer will be arrested to assist in further investigations.

Story By: Michael Creg Afful

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