Actress Fiberesima Ibinabo Weeps as She Heads to Jail

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday dismissed an appeal by Nollywood actress and ex-AGN Boss, Ibinabo Fiberesima, challenging a jail term slammed on her by a Lagos High Court.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibinabo was sentenced to five years imprisonment by
Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High Court for reckless driving which caused the death of a hospital staff.

It should be recalled that she was alleged to have driven her car recklessly on the Lekki-Epe Expressway and knocked down a man, Giwa Suraj, a staff of a Lagos State’s hospital.

A Magistrate court (court of first instance) had earlier given the appellant an option of N100,000 fine for the offence. The judgment of the magistrate was, however, set aside by the high court which replaced the option of fine with a jail term.

Dissatisfied, Fiberesima had filed an appeal urging the court to set aside the five-year sentence.

Delivering judgment on Friday, the appellate court dismissed Fiberisima’s appeal and affirmed the decision of the Lagos High Court.

Ibinabo, who was visibly apprehensive throughout the proceeding, burst into tears immediately the judgment was delivered.