Ibinabo Fiberesima
Actress Ibinabo Fiberesima was sentenced to five years imprisonment
yesterday by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High Court for the
death of one Dr Giwa Suraj whom she killed in an auto accident along
Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos.
Ibinabo had gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge a jail term
slammed on her by a Lagos High Court, in her amended appellant brief
filed by her lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina, urged the court to set aside
the sentence and restore the decision of the Magistrate Court which
sentenced her to a N100, 000 fine.
But, delivering judgment yesterday, the appellate court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the High Court’s judgment.
Shattered by the development, Ibinabo who is the President of the
Actors Guild of Nigeria,AGN, had gone to her facebook page to ask
Nigerians to pray her. “Pray me ,” she wrote.
When Vanguard contacted her on the telephone, Ibinabo’s PA
confirmed that the once cheerful actress has been speechless since the
judgment was delivered.
According to her, “My boss has been feeling unwell since the
judgment was delivered. We are afraid it doesn’t affect her health. She
just had an operation.”
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