Nadeem Anjarwalla, the absconded Binance executive, was taken into custody by the Kenya Police Service, and the International Criminal Police Organization is working to extradite him to Nigeria later this week.
Intel received confirmed the situation on Sunday night from government sources who are familiar with the case but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the topic.
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.”
Anjarwalla had previously been tracked down by the Federal Government in Kenya after he escaped from official detention in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Police Force, the Kenyan Police Service, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and the International Criminal Police have intensified negotiations to expedite Anjarwalla’s extradition in light of the development.
In a previous story, it was disclosed that Anjarwalla, whose cover has since been blown, fled to hiding as soon as he arrived in Kenya.
“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 the meantime, the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, confirmed in the March edition of its bulletin titled “EFCC Alert” that the commission was collaborating on Anjarwalla’s extradition with the help of the International Criminal Police Organization, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the UK, Northern Ireland, and Kenyan governments.
Olukoyede 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.
“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.”
