… Nigerian govt seeks extradition
The Kenya Police Service has reportedly arrested fleeing Binance regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarawalla, who escaped from custody in Nigeria.
There are indications that the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) plans to extradite Anjarwalla to Nigeria within the week.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ola Olukuyede, had in a statement in March, said that the Commission is collaborating with INTERPOL, the US, UK, Northern Ireland and Kenyan authorities to extradite Anjarwalla.
The Commission had slammed a five-count charge bordering on tax evasion, currency speculation, and money laundering against Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, the firm’s executives.
EFCC arraigned Binance and the two executives on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
Recall that on March 22, Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped from custody, at an Abuja guest house, where he and Tigran Gambaryan, his colleague, had been kept by the federal government.
Anjarwalla was said to have escaped after guards led him to a nearby mosque for prayers in the spirit of the Ramadan fast.
The Binance regional manager was said to have fled Nigeria on a Kenyan passport.
Anjarwalla and Gambaryan were charged with tax evasion and money laundering by the federal government. The duo were arrested and detained on February 28.
Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after having his day in court.
Recently, Yuki, Gambaryan’s wife, appealed to the federal government to release her husband, saying he did not influence Binance’s corporate decisions.
