-
Tigran
Gambaryan
and
Nadeem
Anjarwalla
filed
suit
in
the
Federal
High
Court
saying
their
human
rights
had
been
violated. -
They
had
been
invited
to
the
country
to
discuss
issues
related
to
Binance
and
were
detained
on
arrival
in
February. -
Anjarwalla,
who
escaped
last
week,
and
Gambaryan
are
seeking
to
be
released,
their
passports
back
and
an
apology.
The
two
Binance
executives
who
have
been
held
as
guests
of
the
Nigerian
government
since
arriving
in
the
country
in
February,
have
sued
the
National
Security
Adviser,
Nuhu
Ribadu,
and
the
Economic
Financial
Crimes
Commission
for
violating
their
fundamental
human
rights,
local
media
reported
Friday.
In
separate
filings,
Tigran
Gambaryan,
head
of
financial
crime
compliance
at
the
world’s
largest
crypto
exchange,
and
Nadeem
Anjarwalla,
regional
manager
for
Africa,
urged
the
Federal
High
Court
in
Abuja
to
order
the
agencies
to
release
them,
return
their
passports
and
issue
a
public
apology,
Leadership
reported,
citing
the
government-owned
News
Agency
of
Nigeria.
The
two
executives
were
charged
alongside
the
company
earlier
this
month
with
four
counts
of
tax
evasion
by
Nigerian
authorities.
They
were
detained
on
arrival
in
the
country
after
being
invited
to
meet
officials
to
discuss
issues
related
to
the
company.
Anjarwalla
reportedly
escaped
last
week
after
being
taken
to
a
mosque
for
prayers.
Central
bank
governor
Olayemi
Cardoso
has
said
the
company
enabled
the
untraceable
movement
of
billions
of
dollars
worth
of
naira,
and
contributed
to
instability
in
the
currency’s
exchange
rate.
At
a
hearing
on
Thursday,
the
agencies
were
not
represented,
Punch
reported.
The
matter
was
adjourned
until
April
8.
The
suits
are
FHC/ABJ/CS/356/24
and
FHC/ABJ/CS/355/24.
