Nigeria shouldn’t pursue people trading in Binance –Ex-DSS boss

Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director, Department of State Services (DSS), has said that there is no basis for pursuing people trading in binance.

Amachree stated this while analyzing the escape of executive of binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from custody, which has generated controversies.

Anjarwalla was reported to have escaped from the Abuja guest house where he and his colleague, Tigran Gambaryan, were being held.

But during the interview Amachree said, “Nigeria should not pursue those trading on Binance. It is the platform itself that we have to interrogate. If we want to pursue the company, we should pursue the executive of the company. For example, if I deposit your money in UBA and UBA commits a crime, nobody would come looking for me. They would look for the management.”

Amachree added that the fleeing binance executive should have been kept with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or DSS to stop him from escaping.

He said that security must have been compromised to allow Anjarwalla escape, saying the security personnel must explain what happened.

He added, “I don’t know whether the NSA has a detention facility. The NSA is an advisory body to the President. So, if he felt that the suspects should be remanded, he should have sent him to the EFCC or the DSS to keep until the date of the court but to keep him in a guest house where he has access to a telephone?”