A senior official from Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the United States is pressing for consular access to Tigran Gambaryan, a detained Binance executive currently held at the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja.
Gambaryan, a US citizen and Binance’s financial crimes compliance chief, was arrested in February 2024, alongside another executive, Anjarwalla, upon their arrival in Nigeria.
The arrests followed an investigation allegedly linking Binance to money laundering and terrorism financing.
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has set October 9 to rule on a fresh bail application brought forward by Gambaryan’s legal team.
