Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank

of Nigeria and the Head of the Legal Services Department of the apex bank

to appear before it with specific documents on Monday, September 2, the

new date fixed for the continuation of the trial in the money laundering case

brought against Binance Holdings Limited and its executives.

At the previous court sitting, the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, had

adjourned the matter to October 11, but the defence counsel had

approached the court for a date change, which the court granted by bringing

the trial forward a month early.

Binance USA’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigan Gambaryan, and

the exchange’s British-Kenyan regional manager for Africa, Nadeem

Anjarwalla, are facing money laundering charges to the tune of $35m dollars

brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,

while, Gambaryan and Anjarwalla were initially detained in the custody of the

Office of the National Security Adviser.

Anjarwalla, however, fled lawful custody on March 22, 2024, while his

counterpart, Gambaryan, was moved from ONSA custody to EFCC custody

and afterwards to Kuje Correctional Facility, where he is currently detained.

In the document titled Subpoena Duces Tecum, between the Federal

Republic of Nigeria versus Binance Holdings Limited and Tigran Gambaryan,

the court asked the apex bank’s heads to appear before it or delegate

someone to do so.