Binance CEO Richard Teng has condemned the Nigerian authorities for its harsh treatment of Tigran Gambaryan—the detained American executive of the change who the authorities private held since February.

In a Sept. 3 put up on X, Teng highlighted a viral video showing Gambaryan struggling to stroll correct into a court and acknowledged:

“This inhumane treatment of Tigran must stay. He can private to light be allowed to head house for scientific treatment and to be along with his family.”

‘I’m a f*cking harmless person’

The viral video presentations Gambaryan limping into an Abuja court on Sept. 2. Despite his search data from for a wheelchair, the detention heart authorities denied his requires, leaving him to accelerate his left leg dull him.

Particularly, his makes an strive to make employ of a correctional officer for strengthen had been moreover rebuffed, forcing him to count on a single crutch. Based mostly totally on these actions, Gambaryan lamented:

“[The prison guard] became as soon as told no longer to assist me. He said there’s instruction – here is f*cked up. Why couldn’t I employ a goddamn wheelchair? Here's a display. I’m a f*cking harmless person. Why are you doing this to me?”

Observers eminent that the video deliver material aligns with concerns from Gambaryan’s family, who private many times acknowledged that his properly being has deteriorated in Nigerian custody.

On Sept. 2, Gambaryan’s lawful personnel filed a brand new bail application on scientific grounds. They urged the resolve to initiate him so he may well receive treatment for prerequisites he developed in detention heart, in conjunction with malaria, pneumonia, tonsillitis, and a herniated disc that has left him in severe trouble and on the subject of immobile.

On the other hand, Nigeria’s Financial and Monetary Crimes Payment (EFCC) adverse the bail search data from, claiming that Gambaryan became as soon as no longer in abominable properly being.

The resolve has since ordered that Gambaryan be allowed to make employ of a wheelchair, with the case put to proceed on Sept. 4.