Hon. Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, has strongly denied allegations of bribery made against him by Tigran Gambaryan, a senior executive of Binance. The lawmaker, who has been at the center of an investigation into Binance’s operations in Nigeria, described the claims as false, malicious, and defamatory.
Onwusibe’s response follows a statement by Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, who took to social media to accuse the lawmaker and his committee of demanding bribes during an investigative hearing on the company’s activities in Nigeria. The accusations were also echoed in international publications, including NPR and Wired, painting a picture of Binance executives being subjected to political and legal harassment in Nigeria.