The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said contrary to insinuations that Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive in its custody, was not sick but “safe and healthy”.
NCos spokesperson, Umar Abubakar, stated this on Thursday at the 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.
Gambaryan’s family, this week, told the Federal High Court Abuja on Friday, June 28, that his health was deteriorating in custody.
The Binance executive had been detained in Kuje prison, Abuja, for money laundering.
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But the NCoS spokesperson 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 centers, I would say it’s 0.1 percent .
“In 2020, during COVID-19, we recorded 0% of COVID patients in our custodial centers. So if any inmate falls ill within our custodial center, we have qualified medical personnel to attend to them.
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“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.”
