THE family of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Abu Bakr has so far bought two of his 11 properties which the State put up for auction today in order to recover a $32 million debt resulting from the 1990 attempted coup. The auction is underway and so far four properties have been sold. Bakr’s wife, Fatima, won the bid at $1.1 million for a house at Queens Park West and one of his sons picked up the winning bid of $1.3 million for property in Debe. A handful of bidders are now on hand at City Hall, Port of Spain. Among the other two properties sold were lands in Marabella which went for $1.6 million. Caribbean Trakker News Staff on currently at the auction and will keep readers up to date on the bidding.
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