Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has set October 25 for an update on the health condition of detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, following his absence at his scheduled trial continuation.
Gambaryan is facing $35.4m in money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
At the resumption of proceedings on Friday, Gambaryan was not present in court, and both the defence and prosecution teams were unaware of the reason for his absence. Justice Nwite then stood down the court briefly to allow the parties to investigate why the 2nd defendant had not appeared.
Upon resuming, A representative from the correctional facility said to the court “My Lord, the 2nd defendant is very sick, and we will not be able to produce him in court today.”
While Mordi requested an adjournment until the following week to update the court on his client’s health, Iheanacho did not oppose the request for adjournment.
With both parties in agreement, Justice Nwite adjourned the matter to Friday, October 25, for an update on Gambarayan’s health condition.
