Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive of Binance, filed a human rights litigation against the National Security Adviser and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria in a federal high court. The lawsuit was dismissed.
The case was dissolved by Justice Inyang Ekwo on June 19 as a result of Anjarwalla’s inadequate legal representation. This decision was anticipated by legal experts, as Anjarwalla escaped the Nigerian authority’s custody in March and his lawyer, Tonye Krukrubo, subsequently withdrew from the case.
Anjarwalla, a dual citizen of Kenya and the United Kingdom, was one of the Binance executives that the Nigerian government detained in February as a result of the regulatory issues associated with the exchange’s operations.
Nevertheless, he managed to evade arrest in March by utilizing a Kenyan passport, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
Tigran Gambaryan, the other executive of Binance, is currently in Nigerian custody and is embroiled in numerous legal disputes with the authorities.
He is presently incarcerated at Kuje Prison and is the subject of a pending human rights enforcement application case against the Nigerian government. The case is scheduled to be heard on July 9.
He has also been charged with money laundering and has entered a plea of not guilty. He was denied parole by the court due to his potential for flight.
It is important to note that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria recently withdrew the charges against him, opting to concentrate on the exchange.
In the interim, there are indications that the United States government may consider intervening in Gambaryan’s ongoing detention. The FBI Director, Christopher Wray, recently met with Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, which has fueled rumors of a diplomatic intervention.
Nevertheless, Binance has maintained that Gambaryan is not a significant decision-maker at the company and does not require detention prior to the resolution of its disputes with the Nigerian government.