The failure by EFCC to present a principal witness at the trial of former aviation minister Babalola Borishade and three others on Thursday forced an Abuja High Court to adjourn the case.
Justice Abubakar Umar adjourned the case to Nov. 25 due to the failure of the EFCC to present Mr Reuben Omosigho for cross examination by Adegboyega Awomolo , counsel to the third accused.
The third accused, Timothy Dairo, a former personal assistant to Borisade, is standing trial alongside an Australian, George Eider, and Rowland Iyayi, a former Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency .
Borisade and the other accused are being tried for allegedly receiving gratification in the award of the N5.6 billion Safe Tower projects in the country.
The principal prosecution witness had in August told the court that Dairo made oral and written confessions during interrogation that the committee that approved the N5.6 billion aviation contract was a phantom one.
But at the resumed hearing on Thursday, Awomolo, counsel to Dairo, told the court that his client ``wants to prove that he made the statements under duress’’.
Umar ordered the EFCC to present the principal witness for cross-examination by Awomolo.
Counsel to EFCC, David Enda, promised to produce the witness by the next hearing date.
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