A Binance executive detained in Nigeria pleads with the judge to allow him to undergo back surgery

ChainCatcher news, according to DL News, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who is in poor health, pleaded with a Nigerian judge on Monday to allow him to undergo back surgery due to a herniated disc.

"I have been complaining about this issue, but it has not been resolved," said the 40-year-old Gambaryan as the money laundering trial continued in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

"Due to the lack of proper treatment, my nerves have suffered permanent damage, which is why I am in this condition now, and I can no longer walk," Gambaryan added, limping into the courtroom after being denied the use of a wheelchair.

Since being imprisoned in a jail near Abuja in April, Gambaryan has denied the prosecution's charges, but he has been suffering from pneumonia and malaria.