TCN recovers 693 power equipment containers abandoned at port for 15 years

The Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN) said yesterday that it has recovered more than 693 containers of power equipment abandoned at ports for about 15 years due to tariff.

The Managing Director (MD) of TCN, Mr. Usman Mohammed, said in a statement in Lagos that although some of the power equipment had been auctioned by the Nigeria Customs Service, the 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.

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”