Yuki Gambaryan, wife of Tigran, the detained Binance executive in Nigeria, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) to drop the charges against her husband.
On June 14, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
dropped its tax charges against the Binance’s head of financial crime
compliance.
In April, the anti-graft body had arraigned Binance Holdings
Limited, a cryptocurrency firm, and Gambaryan, over allegations bordering on
money laundering.
The company and its executive were arraigned on a five-count
charge before Emeka Nwite, a judge at the federal high court in Abuja, on April
8.
In a statement on Tuesday, Yuki asked the EFCC to follow the
steps of FIRS.
She said her husband and his family are finding it more
difficult to deal with his continued detention.
“He is suffering immensely under the strain of this
injustice. I respectfully urge the EFCC to follow the example set by their
colleagues at the FIRS (tax authority) and drop the charges against Tigran,”
she said.
“As I have stated many times before and as the evidence in
court is showing, Tigran has never been a decision-maker at Binance, and there
is no justification for his continued detention.
“It is time for the Nigerian authorities to do the right
thing and release my innocent husband. This situation has gone too far.”
According to the statement, Gambaryan’s health continues to
“deteriorate in detention and he complained of numbness in his foot as well as
back pain”.
“He has had double pneumonia and malaria whilst in prison,”
Yuki said.
In the statement, Yuki said the federal high court in Abuja
ordered Kuje correctional facility to release the medical records of Gambaryan
— covering his visit to the hospital on June 3 — to his lawyers.
On Tuesday, the cross-examination of a witness from the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — the first witness presented by the
EFCC in the ongoing trial of Binance and Gambaryan — was completed.
The trial has been adjourned to July 5.
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