The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged lawmakers mentioned in a $150 million bribery allegation by the Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, to approach a court of law to prove their innocence.
HURIWA in addition challenged the lawmakers accused of demanding the $150 million bribe to prevent Gambaryan’s arrest and prosecution in Nigeria over alleged financial crimes to make themselves available if summoned by any US court.
Recall that Gambaryan had on Friday, using his X handle (formerly tweeter), mentioned Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, Hon. Philip Agbese and Hon. Peter Akpanke as the lawmakers who demanded the bribe from him.
While he had claimed that the legislators asked him to wire the funds to their cryptocurrency; Onwusibe and Agbese who denied the allegation, have threatened to seek redress in court.
HURIWA recalled that in a post on X on Saturday, the Binance executive said: “Many requested that I stay on and provide further commentary on the issues I posted about yesterday. Here’s the hard truth: what I shared was meant to fill in the gaps left by Wired and NPR’s reporting”.