The Bola Tinubu administration on Friday, June 21, said the allegation that the health of detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, is degenerating, is untrue.
In a statement by Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, the Nigerian government asked the public to ignore claims that Gambaryan is being held in unpalatable prison conditions in the West African nation.
Maintaining that the detained Binance executive was held ‘lawfully’, the Tinubu administration said Gambaryan has access to quality medical care whenever required.
The FG’s statement partly reads:
“He also has full access to consular services from his home government.
“The federal government will not do anything to jeopardise his fundamental rights to lawful trial, and to quality care, including healthcare, even as he undergoes trial by the laws of the federal republic of Nigeria.”
Binance Executive Gambaryan on Lawful Trial, Has Access to Quality Medical Care – FG
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