By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has assured that Nadeem Anjarwalla, the fugitive Binance Regional Manager for Africa, will be tracked down and extradited to Nigeria to face tax evasion allegations.
Vice President of the INTERPOL (Africa) Executive Committee, Garba Umar, made the revelation on Tuesday as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program.
TheFact Daily recalls that Anjarwalla fled a Nigerian detention facility on Friday, March 22, only to be apprehended by the Kenya Police Service in the East African country on Monday, April 22, where he was hiding.
According to Umar, “if a fugitive escapes, there are processes in which that country will follow. INTERPOL will only give information, assist them and inform them about the bilateral agreements and conventions that were signed to extradite a fleeing fugitive and the process is ongoing and Nadeem is not an exception.
“Be rested assured, we have all the cooperation and we are working on it and definitely, one day, he will be brought to justice, it’s just a matter of time. We have done all the paper works”, he said.
In March, the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) detained Anjarwalla and his colleague, Tigran Gambaryan, who is still in the custody of security agents in Abuja, in relation to alleged speculation against the naira, and for allegedly causing the value of the Nigerian currency to nosedive against the greenback of the United States.
