THE STATE is scheduled to place 11 properties belonging to Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr and his second-in-command Kala Aki Bua on the auction block today.
Abu Bakr led a group of 114 insurrectionists in an attempted coup on July 27, 1990.
Today's auction is expected to take place in an effort for the State to recover a $32 million debt which resulted from the destruction of the Police Headquarters during the 1990 attempted coup.
Properties owned by Abu Bakr and Aki Bua are scheduled to be put up for sale by way of a public auction at City Hall in Port of Spain at 10 a.m. today.
The registration of bidders starts at 8.30 a.m.
The auction comes after a ruling by Justice Rajendra Narine on September 11 last year.
William Soon of Peter Soon and Company is the auctioneer.
Abu Bakr has described the Government's move to auction the properties as an attempt to destroy the Jamaat-al-Mislimeen.
It is "unlawful and illegal", he said.
Abu Bakr said he was leaving the entire situation in God's hands and "honestly believed" the properties will not be sold.
