July 05, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of crypto exchange firm, Binance, who is currently in its custody, was not sick but “safe and healthy”.
Gambaryan’s family had told the Federal High Court Abuja on Friday, June 28, that the health of the Binance executive, who had been detained in Kuje prison, Abuja, for money laundering, was deteriorating in custody.
Speaking at a media briefing by the Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC) under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), held at Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, NCos spokesperson, Umar Abubakar, said Gambaryan “is not under any serious health condition” contrary to what was said at the court and reported in some sections of the media.
“I want to say that our responsibility is unique as a security agency because we keep those who are in conflict with the law,” Abubakar said.
“We don’t just dwell only on their information and rehabilitation, but we have a robust health care system that is evidence to all. If you check the morbidity rates and the mortality rates in our custodial centres, I would say it’s 0.1 percent.
“In 2020, during COVID-19, we recorded 0% of COVID patients in our custodial centres. So if any inmate falls ill within our custodial center, we have qualified medical personnel to attend to them.
“And just like other open hospitals, where we felt that the condition cannot be managed within our facility, they are referred to an appropriate hospital where they will continue their treatment.
“So for Binance executive, he is not under any serious health condition. He is fine with us, and he will continue to be fine with us.”
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