NEWISSUESThe wife of the detained Binance executive in Nigeria, Yuki Gambaryan, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to drop charges levelled against her husband.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on June 14, dropped its tax charges against the Binance's head of financial crime compliance.
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Recall that earlier in April, the anti-graft agency had convicted Binance Holdings Limited, a cryptocurrency firm, and Gambaryan, over five count charges bordering on money laundering.
Yuki in a statement on Tuesday, urged the anti-graft agency to follow the steps of FIRS.
She said: “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.
“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.”
She further noted that Gambaryan's health has continued 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.”
In the statement, Yuki disclosed that the federal high court in Abuja had ordered Kuje correctional facility to release the medical records of Gambaryan to his lawyers following his visit to the hospital on June 3.
The ongoing trial of Binance and Gambaryan has however been adjourned to July 5.
