BINANCE FALSE CLAIM ON BRIBERY DIVERSIONARY . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION PRESS STATEMENT BINANCE FALSE CLAIM ON BRIBERY DIVERSIONARY The Federal Government of Nigeria is aware of attempts by Binance to launder its impaired image as an organisation that does not play by the rules and laws guiding business conduct in sovereign nations. In a blog post that has now been published by many international media organisations, in an apparent well-coordinated public relations effort, Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng made false allegations of bribery against unidentified Nigerian government officials who he claimed demanded $150m in cryptocurrency payments to resolve the ongoing criminal investigation against the company. This claim by Binance CEO lacks any iota of substance. It is nothing but a diversionary tactic and an attempted act of blackmail by a company desperate to obfuscate the grievous criminal charges it is facing in Nigeria. The facts of this matter remain that Binance is being inve
The ongoing trial of a former governor of Abia State,Orji Uzor Kalu.continued on Monday June 5,2017 before Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court Lagos,sitting in Ikoyi,Lagos with a prosecution witness,Romanus Madu,Permanent Secretary,Government House,Umuahia,Denying knowledge of some bank drafts that emanated from Fidelity Bank Plc during the administration of Kalu.Kalu is being prosecuted alongside his company,Slok Nigeria Limited and his former Commissioner for Finance,Jones James Udeogu,for money laundering to the tune of N3.2 billion.In his testimony,Madu,a former cashier at the Government House,Umuahia,during the administration of Kalu,told the court that he was invited by the Commission some years ago and was showed some documents,including bank drafts and cheques amounting to several millions of Naira that emanated from Fidelity Bank bearing his signature and handwriting as the marker.led in evidence by the prosecution counsel,Rotimi Jacobs,Madu,however,told the court that he was not a signatory to the bank drafts.Madu,who is the fourth prosecution witness,PW4,also denied know;ledge of the handwritten applications for some of the bank drafts bearing his signature and handwritting.He further told the court that there were other fictitious names that appeared on some of the bank drafts.The evidence against the defendants was tendered and admitted in evidence as exhibits E10 to E 69 by the court.However,counsel to the defendants urged the court to reject the evidence on the grounds that his signature and handwriting were forged in respect of the bank drafts before the court.Jacobs,therefore,prayed the court to overrule the objections of the defence counsel.Justice Idris,after carefully reviewing the submissions of both counsels,adjourned the matter to June 6,2017 to determine the authenticity of the signatories and handwriting applications.
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