Tigran Gambaryan, a former Binance executive who was detained in Nigeria for eight months, has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent threat to take military action against the country, calling Nigeria a “lawless regime.”
Gambaryan made the comments in response to a post by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who had accused the Nigerian government of “basically kidnapping” him.
In his post on X, Gambaryan wrote: “Thanks @cz_binance. Then they bragged about extorting the Biden administration out of $50 million to release me.”
He went on to describe Nigeria as a country run by corrupt officials, writing: “Nigeria is currently run by a lawless regime that relies on criminals and thugs more interested in enriching themselves than in taking care of their citizens. Cowboy up.”
His comments come amid a heated diplomatic storm triggered by President Trump’s threat to halt U.S. aid and potentially launch a military operation if the Nigerian government fails to stop the killing of Christians in the country.
Recall Dockaysworld reported that CZ had earlier called out Nigeria over Gambaryan’s detention, while U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and President Trump vowed to take action against what they described as Islamic terrorists targeting Christians.
