Echidime:

Many Nigerians are killing people everyday CONSCIOUSLY and they are not in kirikiri,hers was an accident, she did not do it CONSCIOUSLY like those from ASO ROCK TO HOUSE OF REP. We should have mercy on her

Many Nigerians are killing people everyday CONSCIOUSLY and they are not in kirikiri,hers was an accident, she did not do it CONSCIOUSLY like those from ASO ROCK TO HOUSE OF REP. We should have mercy on her

showstopa:

Dolemite,any need for such harsh words and wishes.
Such thoughtlessness

Echidime:

@Dolemite:


bawomolo,tunnytox:

Are you like Dolemite? The creation of our awesome GOD does not need people like that. If anyone that kills consciously or unconsciously should be kill or put to prison,even when the person is pleading for mercy as she was in the influence of alcohole,then you all deserved to be killed too because your killing innocent animals and eating them everyday,where is your conscience when you slaughter innocent animals without mercy and compassion even as they struggle for their life? Yet you CONSCIOUSLY kill them and EAT,as you people love EATING DEAD BODIES.

Echidime:

@OYB:

bible gives man dominion over all things,YES DO YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF DOMINION? IT MEANS TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR,JUST AS YOUR PRESIDENT HAS DOMINION OVER YOU,HE CAN DO ALL THINGS BUT WHEN HE WANT TO DO THINGS AGAINST,YOU SEE PEOPLE CAUTIONING HIM,HEY MAN YOUR DUTYIS TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR THE PEOPLE NOT TO KILL THEM, THATS THE MEANING OF DOMINION,I KNOW YOUR AN EDUCATED ILLITERATES

Lol!!!!!
You are so brand new.

Echidime:

@Dolemite:

bawomolo,tunnytox:

Are you like Dolemite? The creation of our awesome GOD does not need people like that. If anyone that kills consciously or unconsciously should be kill or put to prison,even when the person is pleading for mercy as she was in the influence of alcohole,then you all deserved to be killed too because your killing innocent animals and eating them everyday,where is your conscience when you slaughter innocent animals without mercy and compassion even as they struggle for their life? Yet you CONSCIOUSLY kill them and EAT,as you people love EATING DEAD BODIES.

Tcrack:

if she delibratelly killed the man, (murdered him) it is a diffrent case .if she spends the rest of her life in prison, will it bring the dead back? some of us dont know what the word forgiveness means.

Aloy+Emeka:

If you can't stand her, God can at least.

Echidime:

@Dolemite:

Even if your my blood relation and someone kills you UNCONSCIOUSLY AS SHE DID,i wont kill the person back because i KNOW BETTER THAN YOU,you live in the bodily consciousness of life where you are BLIND to know that all beings are going through their destined karma due to their past activities good or bad,while i life in spiritual consciousness of life where I know that no one can kill you unless you have kill someone before either in this life or in your past life,believe it or not reincarnation is real,JOHN THE BAPTIST was beheaded because as Elijah he gave order to behead the 3 worshipers of bale and asra,he also command tigers to kill kids, so as john a little girl ask her father for the head of John,EVEN JESUS said it that elijah has come as john but the world did not know him.Is because your a two leg animal ignorance of the laws of nature,you could have known that you have just pronounce the death of your mother and yourself,because according to laws of nature whatever comes out of your mouth comes back to you.

Tcrack:

if she delibratelly killed the man, (murdered him) it is a diffrent case .if she spends the rest of her life in prison, will it bring the dead back? some of us dont know what the word forgiveness means.

kola oloye:

Not before the conviction.

Redman44:

@Nairalanders,

Ibinabo made a mistake and she has been through hell in recent years due to the legal battles she has had to fight. Yeah, she killed Dr Suraj Giwa accidentally. Yeah, she was under the influence of alcohol and all that. [size=15pt]I bet if Dr Giwa's killer was not a celebrity, the case would have been buried a long time ago.[/size] It is just that Fiberesima is a celebrity and well known face and that is why the case has dragged on for so long. We know of Government officials that have hit people on the road and have gotten away with it. I believe Ibinabo has learnt her lessons and she will be a better woman in future. She has a lot to offer the Nigerian Entertainment Industry and I can't wait to meet her for some projects I have in Mind. Cheers.

What kind of rubbish did you just spew? Do you have brain disease?

Redman44:

@Spikedcylinder,

I'm not spewing rubbish. If it was a normal Nigerian citizen that killed Dr Giwa, the accused would have been let off after paying a heavy fine [ Many Nigerians do not even have enough disposable income so to speak ] or jailed immediately. There have been many cases like Ibinabo's due to driving under the influence of alchohol but these cases have not dragged on in court for so long. People get killed weekly in Nigeria by careless drivers and it is either the careless drivers are made to pay a big fine after so much passionate begging and all that or they are jailed and later released. Ibinabo Fiberesima's case is different because she is a well known face. Stop behaving as if you don't know how things play out in Nigeria. Even after paying a huge fine and being spared jail, the Lagos State Government is still trying to hang her What about the person that hit and killed Tony Tonero [ Paul IK Dairo's bandmate and freind ]? What was done to him?

And you say I've got brain disease? Who knows you? You're just a local champion on Nairaland How many respected Nigerians have you dined and wined with? It is people like you that are turning Seun's website into a den of egomaniacs. Just go and sit down if you have nothing meaningful to contribute to this thread. Cheers.

Aloy+Emeka:

Seriously, what do you people expect Ibinabo to do?. To resurrect the dead or commit suicide in order to show her mortification?. All of us make mistakes and there are many drunk drivers who ply our roads at the expense of commuters daily but they get away with it. What she did was wrong and she has paid a price for it, so no need to crucify her further.

Forgiveness as written in the bible and quran is not an easy thing as we make it out to be.

Felony DUI – Serious Injury or Death

If a person is DUI, as described above, and causes or contributes to the cause of a crash involving serious injury, the person is subject to being charged with a DUI - Serious Injury. It is a third degree felony, level 7 offense, subject to five years in the state prison. The Florida Sentencing Guidelines apply. The maximum sentence is five years in the state prison. The minimum mandatory sentence is calculated based on various factors including victim injury points. The mandatory fine is the same as a "Felony DUI." There is a mandatory minimum three year driver's license revocation.

If the person is DUI, as described above, and causes or contributes to the cause of a crash involving death, the person is subject to being charged with DUI-Manslaughter. It is a second degree felony, level 8 offense, subject to 15 years in the state prison. The Florida Sentencing Guidelines apply. Without going into the details, a single death carries a minimum of approximately 10 years in prison. There is a mandatory permanent revocation of the driver's license.

Sentencing Issued in Southern California DUI Manslaughter Case

Last Friday, Corporal Elijah Fergusson (22) was sentenced for Southern California DUI manslaughter for a February 22nd, 2008 car accident that resulted in the death of an area doctor, Dr. Michael Sein.

On the night of the accident, Fergusson, a young marine who had just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, had been playing drinking games on his marine base. His friends hid his car keys. But then Fergusson got into a phone altercation with his wife, who threatened to leave him. Determined to see her and his young child, the marine allegedly bullied his subordinates into letting him drive a Dodge Cavalier. But he got lost on the way to his house and ended up on McArthur Boulevard, where he slammed into the back of Seins’ vehicle at 74 mph.

Fergusson’s attorneys had argued that the marine got PTSD on his tour of duty in Iraq and that therefore he should be let off with a more lenient sentence. In the end, Judge Ronald Bauer of Superior Court agreed with the Deputy District Attorney’s recommendation of 15 years to life for the DUI manslaughter. (The family of the victim had asked for a 21 year to life term.)

The distinction between Southern California DUI vehicular manslaughter and DUI murder can be subtle. Most non experts assume that charges of vehicular manslaughter, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and DUI murder are interchangeable. But in fact they are extremely different. They carry different penalties and require different burdens of proof.

12-year-sentence for Miami DUI manslaughter accident that killed Maryland tourists
July 5, 2010

Posted In: Charged with DUI , Florida DUI Manslaughter
By Carlos A. Canet on July 5, 2010 12:03 PM | Permalink

A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a Miami drunk driving accident that killed two Maryland tourists, the Miami Herald reported.

A Miami-Dade judge issued the sentence after the defendant pleaded guilty to two county of DUI manslaughter. Authorities say his blood-alcohol level was nearly three-times the legal limit when he swerved into the oncoming lane and crashed into a pair of retired school teachers in February 2009. He was driving on a suspended license from a previous DUI in Broward County at the time of the accident.

The New-Times reports that the accident happened on Tamiami Trail. The defendant was found unconscious in his truck with a case of beer on the front seat. The sentence came as part of a plea agreement with the State Attorney's Office. The defendant will also serve 10 years of probation, had his driver's license permanently revoked and was ordered to pay $142,000 in restitution to the victims.

He had previous DUI charges in 1997 and 2004. He received probation for the former, while the later was dismissed.

oyb:

in saudi arabia any kind of manslaughter is an offense you DO NOT want to get into

in western societies




if only these people had all turned 'born again'

Aloy+Emeka:

I did not say she didn't commit an offense but she has been punished accordingly. May be not as Nigerians want her to be punished even though there is no forensic evidence of her drunkenness except  hearsay. In Saudi Arabia, drinking alcohol alone can get your hand amputated and the punishment could be more severe for drunkenness but she did not get drink in Saudi Arabia, did she?.

What do you people want her to do so as to compensate for that crime?. Kill herself or what?

Aloy+Emeka:

Seriously, what do you people expect Ibinabo to do?. To resurrect the dead or commit suicide in order to show her mortification?. All of us make mistakes and there are many drunk drivers who ply our roads at the expense of commuters daily but they get away with it. What she did was wrong and she has paid a price for it, so no need to crucify her further.

Forgiveness as written in the bible and quran is not an easy thing as we make it out to be.

tunnytox:

firstly, pls take Bible or Koran out of this picture becos not everyone is religious. Secondly, its easy to preach forgiveness if you are not the one affected but I'm sure if its one of your loved one that is mowed down and killed by this celebrity you'll surelly be singing a different tune.
Thirdly, I have no problem with Ibinabo if she is set free after a due court process or alternatively if she was able to reach out to the victim's family and agree on some sort solution (this happen a lot of times even in the Europe). What I'm disgusted with is her attitude of trying by all means to use her celebrity status to ensure she escaped prosecution, I think this attitude is not only selfish but despicable. You are entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine, as far as I know if the normal due process of law has been followed there is no drunk driver any where in the world that will not go to jail for killing under the influence.

Also your excuse that many Nigerians go away with the same offence hold no water in fact I find it very silly than anyone will make such statement, do you want to tell me that because [b]many armed robbers go scot free [/b]you'll try to do the same? and if you are caught they should let you go free? Think about it very well.