Rep. Rich McCormick called on the US government to formally declare Tigran Gambaryan as a hostage if his criminal case in Nigeria was not resolved by mid-July.
Representative Rich McCormick introduced a resolution to the US Congress calling on lawmakers to consider a Binance executive who has been detained in Nigeria since February as a hostage.
In a July 10 resolution referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. McCormick claimed the government of Nigeria had wrongfully detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan “in order to extort” the cryptocurrency exchange. He called on the US government to formally declare Gambaryan as a hostage and take steps to ensure the Nigerian government releases him and provides medical care if the case was not resolved by mid-July.
“Tigran’s detainment has been ongoing since February of 2024, the court typically takes a recess from mid-July to September,” said Rep. McCormick. “[I]f Tigran’s case is not resolved by mid-July, he may remain in detention for an even longer undue period of time.”
