Fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla has been arrested by the Kenya Police Service and the International Criminal Police Organisation has commenced moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. This is according to latest reports.
The Punch reported that government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirmed the development to its correspondent on Sunday night.
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.” -Punch reported.
The Federal Government had traced Anjarwalla to Kenya, following his escape from lawful custody in Nigeria. Following the development, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the International Criminal Police, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Kenyan Police Service have deepened talks to Anjarwalla, whose cover has now been blown, went into hiding immediately after he landed in Kenya.
EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had in the March edition of its bulletin titled, “EFCC Alert,” onfirmed that the commission was working in conjunction with 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.