Lagos auctions vehicles abandoned by traffic offenders as owners beg for price reduction
On Thursday, the Lagos state government auctioned over 135 vehicles abandoned by traffic offenders. During the auction, some of the offenders crumbled to their knees while others broke down in tears as they watched their vehicles being auctioned off.
A 49-year-old widow, Dorothy Dike, and her son, Osinachi Ndukwe, wept in the public, begging for a price reduction while their only vehicle bought at the rate of N1.8 million on hired purchase was being auctioned for N450,000.
Lagos State Government through its Ministry of Justice and the state Task Force held a public auction for over 134 abandoned and seized vehicles at Lagos State Task Force headquarters, Alausa, Ikeja, where auctioneers, agents, buyers, and vehicle owners tried to outwit one another.
Minutes later, the atmosphere got changed as they wept profusely, rolled on the ground, and begged for a price reduction as the bid kept jerking up and hit N430,000.
The bid was about to close when suddenly the mother and son shouted N450,000 loudly, saying: “Help us, help us, please, don’t increase the price again. We cannot afford this but we are hopeful that the vehicle will be ours so that we can work again and raise money to feed ourselves.”
