Following his arrest, the Kenya Police Service is expediting moves to extradite fugitive Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, to Nigeria within the week, The PUNCH is reporting.
Anjarwalla who escaped from lawful custody in Nigeria in March, was in April tracked down in Kenya by a team comprising operatives drawn from the International Criminal Police Organisation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Kenya Police Service.
The regional manager for Binance in Africa, “fled Nigeria using a smuggled Kenyan passport,” the Office of the National Security Adviser, headed by Nuhu Ribadu, had said in a statement following his escape from custody.
Government officials conversant with his case said on condition of anonymity on Sunday that Anjarwalla has been detained by the police in Kenya.
It was further learnt that the arrest of the Binance executive was predicated upon the approval of an extradition request by INTERPOL, Nigeria, in conjunction with the EFCC.
A government source who preferred anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press said, “Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service, and he would be extradited to Nigeria this week by INTERPOL.”
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