The detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, was on Tuesday, whisked into Federal High Court in Abuja in a wheelchair.
Gambaryan, clothed in a black T-shirt and blue jeans trousers , faces a money laundering accusation with the crypto currency business.
When the matter was called, Gambaryan got up from his wheelchair and moved slowly into the dock.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s lawyer, Ogechi Ujam, told the court that though the matter was scheduled for the continuation of trial, the commission’s lead counsel, Ekele Iheanacho was not in court.
Ujam asked the court to halt the proceedings so that Iheanacho could conduct the trial.
Babatunde Fagbohunlu, SAN, representing Binance (1st defendant), and Mark Mordi, SAN, representing Gambaryan, did not oppose the application.
Justice Emeka Nwite deferred the issue till noon.
Justice Nwite had, on July 5, ordered the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service to release the medical certificate of Gambaryan on or before July 16.
The judge gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mordi.
Mordi had prayed the court to summon the medical doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre, to explain why he had allegedly refused to make available his client’s medical report despite an earlier court order.
Gambaryan had, on May 23, collapsed in the open court over alleged ill-health.
The defence law firm, Aluko & Oyebode, had also, on May 27, raised alarms that the cryptocurrency firm’s executive might die in Kuje Correctional Centre over his alleged deteriorating health.
