Arrested fugitive Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, to be extradited from Kenya to Nigeria

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Nadeem Anjarwalla, the fugitive executive of Binance who escaped from detention in Nigeria is to be extradited from Kenya.

The Kenya Police Service is already making moves to extradite fugitive Binance executive after he was arrested in the country.

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.

Anjarwalla is said to have been detained by the police in Kenya and his extradition to Nigeria within the week is likely.

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.”

Another source said, “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.”