Breaking: Binance Official Names Nigerian Lawmakers Who Demanded $150m Bribe

• Binance's Head of Financial Crime Compliance Tigran Gambaryan has mentioned three Nigeria's House of Representatives members who demanded a $150 million bribe from him during his travails
• Recall that Gambaryan and one other were recently detained by the Nigerian government and were on trial, but the charges against him were dropped after the US government's intervention
• However, Gambaryan did not present any documentary evidence to support his claims against the lawmakers and the veracity of the allegations was yet to be verified

FCT, Abuja - Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's executive who was recently detained in Nigeria for several months, has mentioned the names of three Nigerian lawmakers who he accused of demanding a $150 million bribe from him during his travails.

Legit.ng reported that Gambaryan and one other Binance official were detained by the federal government of Nigeria, following the money laundering accusation on the firm and their support for criminal activities in the country.

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Gambaryan was later released after the Nigerian government dropped the charges against him after the United States government intervened on the issue.

During his detention in Nigeria, the Binance executive mentioned that some lawmakers at the National Assembly demanded bribes from him so that he could be freed from the arrest and prosecution.

But on Friday, February 14, now freed cryptocurrency executive, mentioned the names of the lawmakers in a post on X. The suspected lawmakers he named are Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, Peter Akpanke, and Ginger Obinna Onwusibe.

Onwusibe is the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-corruption while Agbese is the Green Chamber's deputy spokesperson.

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While efforts are being made to get the side of the lawmakers on the matter, Legit.ng recalled that the House of Representatives had in the past denied bribery allegations from the cryptocurrency company and its executive.

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In the tweet, Gambaryan alleged that the Department of State Service (DSS) officials in the House of Representatives matter. He recalled that their meeting was held at their office on Friday, January 5, 2024, as a pre-requisite to their meeting with the Lower Chamber. He said they were told that they have to comply with Whatever the House members directed them to do.

However, Gambaryan did not present any documentary evidence to support his claims against the lawmakers and the veracity of the allegations was yet to be verified.

See his tweet here:

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Reno Omokri, a PDP chieftain and former presidential aide, condemned Binance's allegation that officials in NSA Nuhu Ribadu's office demanded a bribe from the cryptocurrency company.

Omokri claimed the allegations were a tactic to evade prosecution for their crimes, noting that Binance had recently admitted to money laundering and other illicit activities in the US.

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The former presidential aide then challenged the cryptocurrency company to name the officials who demanded the $150 million bribe at the NSA office.

Source: Legit.ng