Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan Pleads With Nigerian Prison Guard For Help And Calls Legal Case A “Show”

Detained

Binance
executive
Tigran
Gambaryan
pleaded
with
a
prison
guard
for
assistance
when
entering
a
courtroom
and
called
the
ongoing
legal
debacle
with
Nigerian
authorities
a
“show.”

A
Sept.
2
video
uploaded
to
X
shows
Gambaryan
limping
on
one
leg
and
leaning
on
a
single
crutch
as
he
tries
to
make
his
way
to
the
courtroom.
Gambaryan
reached
to
the
arm
of
the
guard
escorting
him
several
times
for
assistance
walking.
On
each
attempt,
the
prison
official
pulled
his
arm
away. 

Binance
Executive
Has
Herniated
Disk

Gambaryan
has
been
in
the
custody
of
Nigerian
authorities
since
February.
He
has
a
herniated
disk,
has
suffered
from
bouts
of
pneumonia,
tonsillitis
and
malaria.

“Nigerian
Prison
Official
Abandons
Binance
Executive
To
Struggle
In
Pains
In
Court
Premises
As
He
Begs
for
Help
”

pic.twitter.com/q8GhvIluNq

—
Oyindamola????
(@dammiedammie35)

September
2,
2024

On
his
way
to
the
courtroom,
the
Binance
executive
turned
to
a
group
of
onlookers
and
said
the
prison
guard
“was
told
not
to
help
me.”
Gambaryan
then
questioned
why
he
couldn’t
get
access
to
a
wheelchair
given
his
herniated
disk
and
asked
the
prison
guard,
“Why
are
you
doing
this
to
me?”

Lawyers
Not
Getting
Access
To
Binance
Exec

Gambaryan’s
lawyers
say
that
they
have
been
unable
to
meet
with
him
to
prepare
for
the
trial.
His
legal
counsel
also
submitted
a
new
bail
application
for
him
based
on
medical
grounds
and
the
alleged
lack
of
access.

Prosecutors
for
the
Economic
and
Financial
Crimes
Commission
rejected
the
application,
however,
and
reportedly
claimed
that
Gambaryan
was
not
unwell
and
had
refused
prior
treatment
that
was
offered
to
him.

During
his
appearance
in
court
yesterday,
the


Binance

executive
pleaded
with
the
judge
and
said
that
he
is
not
receiving
the
proper
medical
treatment
at
the
prison.
Gambaryan
also
brought
up
the
issue
of
his
legal
counsel
not
being
allowed
to
see
him. 

The
judge
then
ordered
that
Gambaryan
be
allowed
to
use
a
wheelchair
and
said
he
will
continue
to
hear
his
bail
application
when
the
trial
continues
tomorrow.

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