Nigerian Prison Agency Held Responsible for Court Absence of Jailed Binance Executive
The Nigerian Correctional Service recently faced accusations of failing to bring Tigran Gambaryan, a jailed Binance executive, to a court hearing on May 22. A lawyer representing the Nigerian revenue collection agency subsequently requested the court to adjourn proceedings. This would allow him to investigate the reasons behind Gambaryan’s absence.
Gambaryan Key to Nigeria’s Tax Evasion Case Against Binance
The Nigerian revenue collection agency has accused the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) of failing to bring the jailed Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, to a scheduled court hearing. Moses Idehu, counsel for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), reportedly told Nigerian Judge Emeka Nwite that the NCS, not his client, should be blamed for Gambaryan’s absence.
The report of the NCS’s failure to present the Binance executive at a court hearing emerged just days after a Nigerian court denied Gambaryan’s bail application. As reported by Bitcoin.com News, the court also concurred with Nigerian officials in the hearing that Gambaryan is eligible to represent Binance in its tax evasion case.
According to a report, the Binance executive was scheduled to be arraigned on May 22. However, the failure of prison officials to present him meant that Gambaryan and the crypto exchange could not enter their respective pleas. Consequently, Idehu urged the court to adjourn proceedings to allow him to determine why the Binance executive failed to appear.
“We are definitely looking at possibly not being able to go on today. We shall take steps to communicate to the Nigerian Correctional Service to produce him on the next adjourned date,” the FIRS counsel reportedly said.
In response to Idehu’s request for the court to postpone proceedings, T.J. Krukrubo, the legal representative for Binance, objected to the NCS’ failure to present his client. Chukwuka Ikwuazo, who represents Gambaryan, asked Judge Nwite to request that the revenue collector remove Nadeem Anjarwalla’s name from the amended charge sheet.
According to the report, the FIRS agreed with Ikwuazo’s argument, leading both legal teams to agree to postpone the case to June 14.
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