A member of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has filed a ₦1.5 billion defamation lawsuit against Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, over allegations of bribery.
Papers News reports that Gambaryan, in a post on 𝕏 last Friday, accused three Nigerian lawmakers, including Agbese and Peter Akpanke, of demanding a $150 million bribe in cryptocurrency.
Reacting, Agbese denied the allegations, stating, “I have never been involved in cryptocurrency trading and do not own a crypto wallet. I could not have asked for funds to be credited to a non-existent wallet.”