BREAKING: Detained Binance Executive Fled Nigeria Using Smuggled Passport – NSA Gives Update
The Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, has revealed that one of the detained senior executives of Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, escaped from custody and fled Nigeria using a smuggled Passport.
The ONSA in a statement on Monday said Anjarwalla, who is a suspect in the probe into the activities of Binance, escaped on Friday and fled Nigeria using a smuggled passport.
The statement issued by the Head, Strategic Communication, ONSA, Zakari Mijinyawa, read;
“The Office of the National Security Adviser confirms that Nadeem ANJARWALLA, a suspect in the ongoing criminal probe into the activities of Binance in Nigeria has escaped from lawful custody on Friday, March 22, 2024.
“Upon receiving this report, this office took immediate steps, in conjunction with relevant security agencies, MDAs, as well as the international community, to apprehend the suspect. Security agencies are working with Interpol for an international arrest warrant on the suspect.
“Preliminary investigation shows that Mr Anjarwalla fled Nigeria using a smuggled passport. ”
“The personnel responsible for the custody of the suspect have been arrested, and a thorough investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances that led to his escape from lawful detention.
“Recall that the Federal Government of Nigeria, like other governments around the world, has been investigating money laundering and terrorism financing transactions perpetrated on the Binance currency exchange platform.
“Until his escape, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who holds British and Kenyan nationalities and serving as Binance’s Africa regional manager, was being tried by Nigerian courts. The suspect escaped while under a 14-day remand order by a court in Nigeria. He was scheduled to appear before the court again on 4 April 2024”.
“We urge the Nigerian public and the international community to provide whatever information they have that can assist law enforcement agencies to apprehend the suspect.”
Recall that two executives of the company were reportedly arrested and detained after they flew into the country as a result of a ban on their website in February.
