The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 8, resolved to investigate the circumstances leading to the escape of one of the two Binance chiefs from the custody of the National Security Adviser (NSA).
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Nadeem Anjarwalla, one of the two executives at Binance detained for money laundering, escaped from the custody of the NSA on March 22, 2024.
Adopting a motion by Dominic Okafor (LP, Anambra) the House asked its relevant committees to conduct an investigation on the detainee’s escape and fish out those culpable in the escape.
The House wants those found guilty of aiding the escape of the detainee should be brought to justice.
The Binance executive has been arrested by the Police in Kenya and is expected to be extracted to Nigeria by Interpol to face prosecution.
The House wants those found guilty of aiding the escape of the detainee should be brought to justice.
The Binance Executive has been arrested by the Police in Kenya and is expected to be extracted to Nigeria by Interpol to face prosecution.
Okafor recalled that the Nigerian government arrested and detained Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive of a cryptocurrency exchange Company, Binance on February 26, 2024, for alleged complicity of the Company in money laundering and terrorism financing.
According to him, the two Binance executives were billed to appear in court on April 4, 2024, to answer to the alleged crimes against Nigeria before the security breach occurred which led to the escape of one of the Company’s executives in a very scandalous dimension.
He alleged that persons suspected to have committed such atrocious crimes against the State of Nigeria with already over-burdened Security challenges were kept in a guest house in Abuja instead of lawful custody of the Department of State Service or any other approved custodial facility.
He said the escape of the Binance executive from the office of the National Security Adviser using a “Smuggled Passport” is, to say the least, most disappointing, embarrassing, and disturbing as it portrays the porosity of the security architecture of the Country to the world.
He stressed that weeks after the Unfortunate escape and the inability of the Security forces to re-arrest Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Kenyan Police arrested him on April 22, 2024, as the International Criminal Police Organization
Also rising under privilege, a member of the House, Nkama Nkemkama (LP, Ebony) alleged that an official of a Company he did not name accused the House of demanding a bribe from them.
He alleged that the House has never had any dealings with the individual whose name he also did not mention, suggesting that the House investigate to determine the truth behind the allegation.
The lawmaker said: “We have never invited this person before. This House has never had a meeting with this person before. And this person woke up one morning and decided to accuse this House of demanding a bribe from them. This House can never allow itself to be embarrassed or talked down on in any way”.
Recall that on three occasions, the House Committee on Anti-Corruption on Anti-corruption had invited officials Binance to an investigative hearing in relation to a petition by some acclaimed Niger Delta Youths.
At each of the three meetings, legal representatives of the company appeared on their behalf but were turned back on the excuse that only an executive of the company can address the committee in line with the rules of the House.
In his ruling, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen also maintained the same false claim that the committee never had an interface with Binance.
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