Binance executive’s health deteriorates, appears in court in wheelchair

Cryptocurrency platform Binance’s executive director Tigran Gambaryan arrived at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a wheelchair for his trial on money laundering charges on Tuesday.

Gambaryan, who was first arrested on February 26, has spent 141 days in a correctional centre in Abuja.

As prison officers pushed Gambaryan in, he stood up from his wheelchair and walked slowly toward it.

Legal counsel, Mark Mordi, drew the court’s attention to his client’s deteriorating condition.

He urged the court to issue an arrest warrant against the prison medical officer and ensure his client was immediately hospitalized.

Mordi said: “My client came here in a wheelchair. He complained of back pain.

“We have to be careful with the lives in our hands.”

Similarly, Gambaryan’s wife in a statement from the United States and conveyed to Ripples Nigeria, expressed her concerns about her husband’s deteriorating health.

She said: “It breaks my heart to see my once fit and healthy husband reduced to this state. This ordeal has taken a toll on him, leaving him in so much pain he can barely walk. I don’t understand why this is being allowed to continue. Tigran is innocent.

“All he did was go to Nigeria for a meeting. Now our lives have changed drastically and his health is at serious risk.

“I appeal to the Nigerian authorities to immediately release my husband on humanitarian grounds. This situation is devastating for him. I want him to come home safely with us now.”

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