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A high-ranking detective at Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), with direct knowledge of Nigeria’s extradition request through Interpol, also claimed no arrest had been made as alleged.
According to international laws on extradition, while Interpol, the international police organization, enables information sharing among law enforcement agencies in over 190 countries, it cannot execute arrest warrants.
According to Kenyan law, an extradition request sent to the Attorney General can only be executed through the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) after receiving an arrest warrant from a magistrate court.
The confusion around the whereabouts of Anjarwalla and extradition is similar to an incident involving Nigerian national Nnamdi Kanu, who was arrested in Nairobi in 2021 and sent to Nigeria to face terrorism charges.
Crypto publication Coindesk also reported on Monday that Anjarwalla’s wife denied news of the extradition..
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