Buhari Moves Against Obasanjo’s Camp as EFCC Comes after Babalola Borishade

Former minister, Prof. Babalola Borishade who served in 3 ministries during ex-president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s 1st and 2nd terms, is in trouble as Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar of the FCT High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday, refused to stop further hearing on a suit filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) against Babalola Borishade, and 4 others for allegedly mismanaging N5.2 billion Aviation Safe Tower contract.

The others are Borisade’s former personal assistant, Tunde Dairo; former Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, Rowland Iyayi; an Australian, George Eider and Avsatel Communications Ltd. The trial began in November 2009, when they were arraigned by the EFCC on a 15-count charge of taking bribe and forging aviation contract documents.

The hearing of the case which was initially scheduled for Wednesday, February 3, 2016, could not go on as planned as the Attorney General of the Federation(AGF) requested for a brief on the case by the EFCC since the matter had been in court for about seven years. Ruling on the application, yesterday, Justice Umar said the application by counsel to the defendants to foreclose or discharge the defendants was refused and ordered the prosecution to continue its case.