Binance Chief: Court Orders Arrest Of Kuje Prison Doctor
Tigran Gambaryan was whisked into the Court building in a wheelchair earlier in the day.
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of the Kuje Correctional Centre, over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd, Tigran Gambaryan.
Justice Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryanâs lawyer, Mark Mordi, on Tuesday.
Gambaryan was whisked into the court building in a wheelchair earlier in the day.
He, alongside the cryptocurrency firm, is facing a money laundering charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Nwite had, on July 5, ordered the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to release the medical certificate of Gambaryan on or before July 16.
The judge gave the order following an application by Mordi.
Mordi had prayed the court to summon Ehizojie to explain why he had allegedly refused to make available his clientâs medical report despite an earlier court order.
Gambaryan had, on May 23, collapsed in the open court over alleged ill health.
At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Mordi said in open court that the judgeâs order had not been complied with.
The judge then asked a prison official who brought Gambaryan to court about the development.
The prison official said he got the court order and delivered the order to the doctor on July 9, 2024.
The EFCC counsel, Ekene Iheanacho, told the judge that he thought that the medical officer would be in court today.
