Amid the continued faceoff between the Nigerian Government and Binance, Mrs Yuki Gambaryan, the wife of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained Binance executive, has lamented her husband’s continued detention in Nigeria.
She urged US Senator Cory Booker and Congresswoman Sara
Jacobs, who led a delegation to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday at the State
House, to intervene in Gambaryan’s release.
She disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
“For more than 30 days, the Nigerian government held my
husband without charging him with any crime.
“Then, they charged him with being responsible for the
unsubstantiated actions of his employer rather than having negotiations with
the company in a manner in line with international norms.
“Simply put, my husband is being held as blackmail. As these
members of Congress are travelling across Nigeria, I am calling on them to push
the Nigerians to release Tigran and continue their investigation directly with
Binance through appropriate channels”, she stated.
Recall that in February, Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen and
the head of financial crime compliance at Binance, and his colleague Nadeem
Anjarwalla, were detained by the Nigerian authorities for financial and other
related offences.
However, Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped legal custody on March
22, 2024.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian government said it had launched a
manhunt for Anjarwalla.
On Thursday, Gambaryan dragged the Nigerian National
Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission,
EFCC, to court over alleged abuse of fundamental human rights.
The development comes days after the Nigerian government filed
criminal charges against Binance with Anjarwalla and Gambaryan.
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