In 2008 the Senate Committee on Aviation, led by Senator Anyim Ude (Ebonyi South), investigated the use of the ₦19.5 billion aviation intervention fund, including the Safe Tower air traffic surveillance contract, reported to have been inflated by as much as ₦4.5 billion. The probe led to the arrest by the EFCC of the head of the contractor, AVSATEL, in Nigeria. In February 2009 the Senate adopted almost all of the committee's 16 recommendations, including the indictment of two former Ministers of Aviation, Babalola Borishade and Femi Fani-Kayode. The EFCC later charged both former ministers in connection with aviation sector funds.
What the record shows
- 1 July 2008Earliest dated press report of the probe.
- 17 February 2009The Senate considered the report of its Aviation Committee, which indicted officials over the Safe Tower project.
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