President Bola Tinubu has received a call from President Joe Biden of the United States of America to discuss law enforcement and diplomatic issues.
The discussion also centered about the recent release of the Head of Finance Crime compliance at Binance, Tigran Gambaryan.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, who briefed State House Correspondents, disclosed that the phone discussion lasted for about 30 minutes.
Tuggar said, “The call was about the collaboration between the two countries with regards to law enforcement and law enforcement agencies as well as the release of one of the suspects of the crypto currency exchange company that you are all aware of.
“The leaders also discussed the issue of permanent seat in the United Nations security Council and Biden assured the the united States is committed to seeing Africa having a permanent seat and does not see why one of those seats should belong to Nigeria.”
“Mr President also thanked the U.S. for the partnership and collaboration in numerous areas with regards to security in Africa and West Africa as as whole. President Biden assured President Tinubu that this is a partnership because the future of the world reside in Africa and as such, the partnership is important.
Tuggar further detailed that the two leaders discussed security issues across Africa.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also expressed gratitude to Nigeria for approving Gambaryan’s release.
The Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered his release the previous Wednesday, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC cited the detainee’s deteriorating health and ongoing diplomatic interactions between Nigeria and the United States as factors leading to the release.
