Extract papers have been prepared for Binance’s Anjarwalla, says Interpol Nigeria

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has confirmed that the Nigerian Central Bureau (NCB) has completed the extradition papers for the fugitive CEO of Binance Holdings, Nadeem Anjarwala.

On the local Sunrise daily program on April 30, Nigeria's NCB chief, Garba Umar, announced that the organization is actively working with the governments of various countries to serve a red notice in relation to Anjarwala and provide necessary agreements, memorandum of understanding and other documents. Facilitate his extradition to Nigeria to stand trial.

An Interpol official has not confirmed whether the Binance executive is currently in custody in Kenya, but said he was last seen in the country. Umar said:

“I don't know him, but I can tell you that this is the last destination I know of when this man migrates. [Nigeria] It was Kenya. I can assure you.”

Umar added that Interpol has contacted all the countries Anjarwala is believed to have traveled to and “we have received some information which is not possible to share on this forum”.

Anjarwala, who was imprisoned in Nigeria along with his partner Tigran Gambarian on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, escaped from Nigerian prison on March 22 and fled to Kenya.

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Anjarwala was reportedly flown out of Abuja by Middle East Airlines. However, it is not clear how he got on the international flight as his UK passport, through which he entered Nigeria, is under the control of the Nigerian authorities.

As Anjarwala fled, the Gambian pleaded not guilty.

After several weeks of detention, the Gambian husband and others demanded his release. Gambarian's wife launched a petition to bring him back to the United States, which as of press time has 4,161 signatures. The Gambian bail hearing is set for May 17.

On March 5, Binance announced it would stop all Nigerian naira trading, effectively pulling out of the market. Binance also canceled all naira trading pairs on its peer-to-peer trading platform in late February.

In the year On February 27, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria argued that crypto exchanges in Nigeria were dealing with illegal transactions and pointed to “suspicious flows” of funds in Binance.

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