Reno Omokri, the former presidential aide and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has challenged the cryptocurrency exchange Binance to name names of the officials from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu who demanded a $150 million bribe from him.
Omokri said the allegation was unfounded and targeted at watering down the ongoing prosecution against the cryptocurrency company. He added that Ribadu was globally respected for his anti-corruption stance.
The PDP chieftain said it would be best for Binance to name the officials who demanded the bribe so that the Nigerian government could erase the company’s name from the probe.
The federal governor, through the office of the NSA, is currently prosecuting the cryptocurrency company’s activities over alleged manipulation of the foreign exchange rate, which led to the arrest of its executive.
In an interview with the New York Times, Tigran Gambaryan, a compliance officer of Binance, alleged that the cryptocurrency company’s failure to bribe officials led to the arrest and prosecution of its executive.
But Omokri, in his reaction, said the “allegations are a desperate ploy to escape the consequences of their criminality” and wondered why the New York Times would publish such allegations by a company that recently admitted to money laundering and other criminality in the United States.
Omokri’s statement reads in part:
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TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Reno Omokri, a PDP chieftain, explained that the naira began to gain its feat when Binance, a global cryptocurrency company, left Nigeria.
The former presidential aide commended the NSA for clamping down on Binance as the naira trades at ₦1,065 to $1.
Omokri maintained that the naira was trading at ₦1,880 to $1 on February 21, 2024, when the NSA began its clampdown on the Binance company.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
