Former DSS Director Reveals Who Helped Binance's Manager Escape

Recall that the Federal Government has been looking into alleged transactions on the Binance currency exchange platform involving money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

In order to achieve this, Anjarwalla—who is the regional manager for Africa for Binance and is dual-national with Kenya and the United Kingdom—was being prosecuted by the Nigerian government prior to his escape while under a 14-day remand order imposed by a court.

Ejiofor called Anjarwalla’s escape a national disgrace for Nigeria.

The former Deputy Director of the DSS questioned the National Security Advisor’s (NSA) decision to hold the suspect in custody during an appearance on Arise Television.

As said by Ejiofor,

 “Honestly, this is a national, if not international embarrassment for our own image as a country. It raises a lot of questions. Who was prosecuting the executives, EFCC of course and he should have been in the custody of the EFCC, so why the custody of the NSA?

“Does the NSA have facilities to keep suspects? A lot of questions really. So, I have come to the conclusion that it is either gross negligence on the part of the officers on duty or compromise.

“But, more likely, it is the issue of compromise. Somebody in custody ordinarily, shouldn’t have come in with lots of materials. You are given basic amenities in custody.

So, how did they now have access to go to the mosque to go and pray? Somebody who is in custody? Where was he kept? A lot of questions have been left unanswered.

“Now the reason I said the issue of compromise is more likely is that, if he went to pray and absconded, the people on duty should have raised the alarm that we cannot find this man because he cannot just move out of custody, straight to the airport.

“So, the period with which he escaped and it was noticed, he must have gone to his house to pack his things and possibly have access to another passport that was not in the knowledge of the security agencies. So, compromise is more likely than negligence.”