Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- Two Nigerian lawmakers at the centre of the bribery allegation made by Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime for the crypto firm Binance, have denied demanding a bribe in exchange for halting a probe against the firm.

Mr Gambaryan, in a post on Friday, alleged that some members of the House of Representatives demanded a $150 million bribe from him during a meeting in Abuja to halt the probe.

He specifically named Philip Agbese, Peter Ankpanke, and another person he could not identify. However, PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the other person is Peter Anakwe.

The Binance official also implicated the committee chairman, Ginger Onwusibe, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.

Reacting to the allegatio...