LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Absconded Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service after fleeing from lawful custody in Nigeria.
He is expected to be extradited to Nigeria by The International Criminal Police Organisation recognised as INTERPOL within the week.
Insiders and government sources, names withheld, spoke on the case on the development of his arrest, stressing the need to remain anonymous.
One of the sources said, “Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service, and he would be extradited to Nigeria this week by INTERPOL.”
Another source noted, “As we had said before that Anjarwalla would be extradited, he has been arrested in Kenya, and he’ll be extradited to Nigeria this week.”
Voiceofnaija.ng had reported that the Federal Government had publicly declared Anjarwalla wanted and in search of his whereabout after he escaped from lawful custody in Nigeria during the month of Ramadan.
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A report said that the government knows where Anjarwalla is and is already working with INTERPOL, Kenyan Authorities and Nigeria Police to ensure he return safely to Nigeria.
“We have found him. We know where he is; he is in Kenya, and we’re working with the authorities to bring him back to Nigeria.
“All hands are on the deck, the government and all the security agencies are working hard in conjunction with the Kenyan authorities and INTERPOL, to ensure his return to Nigeria to face the charges brought against him,” the report had quoted a source as saying.
In addition, The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, also released a statement fin March, following Anjarwalla’s flee from custody, saying that the commission was working in conjunction with International communities which include, the International Criminal Police Organisation, the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, the governments of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and Kenya to extradite Anjarwalla.
The EFCC boss said, “The takeover of the prosecution of Binance chiefs by the commission is no less a strong message in the direction of EFCC’s resolve to hedge in distortions and disruptions in the country’s forex market.
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“Tax evasion, currency speculation, and money laundering to the tune of $35,400,000 and are at the foundation of the Commission’s five counts against Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, the company’s chief executives.
“While Gambaryan is currently in the Commission’s net, the process of extraditing the fleeing Anjarwalla is revving in full swing. Involved in partnership with the EFCC to nick Anjarwalla in flight are the International Criminal Police Organisation, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, the governments of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and Kenya as the clock winds down to his arraignment in absentia alongside the company and Gambaryan,” he concluded.
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