Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime at the cryptocurrency firm Binance, has accused Nigeria's National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, of seeking to personally benefit from Nigeria's dispute with Binance.

The official also claimed that Mr Ribadu hired a US law firm to negotiate his release from detention while in Nigerian custody but the move failed due to their "incompetence and greed".

Mr Gambaryan, who was detained in Nigeria for several months, made these allegations on Friday in a series of tweets posted on his X page.

"Ribadu emphasized that he wanted billions in payouts to fund his future political ambition. However, when the corruption scandal came to light, he was trapped-because any settlement wou...