Popular actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima was yesterday
Friday, March 11, 2016 sentenced to 5 years
imprisonment by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi.
Ibinabo was visibly apprehensive throughout
the proceeding and burst into tears
immediately the judgment was delivered.
Actress Ibinabo Fiberesima has been slammed a
5-year jail term by The Court of Appeal in Lagos
on Friday. Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur
delivered the decision on Friday, saying that the
appeal was shallow and lacked merit.
She (Ibinabo) was alleged to have knocked down
a staff of Lagos State hospital, Giwa Suraj as a
result of reckless driving on the Lekki-Epe
Expressway in February, 2006.
The Nollywood actress had already been fined
N100,000 by a Magistrate court, a decision that
was overruled by the High Court. Justice
Oluwayemi of the trial Court replaced the fine
with a five year jail term, saying that the
Magistrate exercised “judicial recklessness” by
giving the option of a fine.
She appealed the case, but according to Vanguard
newspaper, her appeal was dismissed; thus setting
her on the path to a 5-year jail term.
Source: Vanguard
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