The Nigerian Government says Claims credited to the embattled Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng that Top Government Officials Demanded one Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars in Cryptocurrency payment as bribery is a diversionary tactic and an act of blackmail to wriggle out of the criminal charges it is facing in Nigeria.
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Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris in a Statement maintained that Binance has Charges of Money Laundering,Terrorism financing and foreign Exchange Manipulation to answer in Nigeria and assured that it is working with Security Agencies including the Interpol to execute an international Arrest warrant on the fleeing Binance Executive.
The Nigerian Government says Binance will not clear its name in the country by resorting to fictitional claims and mudslinging Media Campaigns. It urged the fleeing Executive to Submit himself to Investigation and Judicial due Process.
(Editor: Ena Agbanoma)
