Manslaughter: Ibinabo Fiberesima seeks bail on health grounds


Embattled ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has urged the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, which last Friday affirmed the five years’ imprisonment imposed on her by a Lagos State High Court.

The actress is also asking the Court of Appeal to release her on bail pending when the Supreme Court would hear and determine her appeal against the appellate court’s judgment.

In a six-paragraph affidavit of urgency filed in support of her bail application before the Court of Appeal, one Victor Eden said Fiberesima had just undergone a surgery for breast cancer and was still under the watch of her doctors.

Eden said Fiberesima’s surgical wound had yet to properly heal, adding that the actress was afraid that her life might be endangered if kept in the prison custody.

He said it would best serve the interest of justice to release Fiberesima on bail while the Supreme Court’s decision in her case was being awaited

Eden said, “Her (Fiberesima) wound has not fully healed and as such she is afraid that her continued stay in the prison may endanger her life as she will not have access to special medical attention.

“It will be in the interest of justice and for her health and safety for the appellant to be admitted to bail pending the hearing and determination of the appellant’s appeal before the Supreme Court.”

But the bail application suffered a setback on Thursday as the Court of Appeal adjudged it as incompetent.

Fiberesima’s lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina, had told the appellate court panel comprising Justices U.I. Ndukwe-Anyanwu, Samuel Oseji and Tijani Abubakar that he had served the bail application on the Lagos State Government, which is the respondent in the appeal.

But Justice Ndukwe-Anyanwu, who led the panel, observed that copies of the court judgments leading to Fiberesima’s conviction and sentence were not attached to the bail application.

The judge said failure to attach the judgments had rendered the application incompetent, adding that the options left to the court in the circumstance were to either strike out the bail application or adjourn for the appellant to do the needful.

Amaechina opted for an adjournment to enable him to “do the needful”.

The panel consequently adjourned till April 7 to hear the application.

Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of the state high court had in 2009 convicted Fiberesima of manslaughter, holding that her reckless driving was responsible for an auto crash, which claimed the life of one Dr. Giwa Suraj on the Lekki-Epe Expressway.

While sentencing Fiberesima to five years imprisonment, Justice Oluwayemi overruled the decision of a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court which earlier ordered her to pay N100,000 for the offence.

Last Friday, the Court of Appeal upheld Justice Oluwayemi’s judgment.

But Fiberesima, through her lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina, approached the Supreme Court to challenge the appellate court judgment.

Amaechina, in the grounds of the appeal, described the appellate court’s judgment as unreasonable and one that found no support in law in view of the evidence presented before it.

He contended that the Appellate Court erred in law when it affirmed the judgment of the high court that set aside the N100,000 fine imposed on Fiberesima and sentenced her to five years imprisonment.

The lawyer also contended that the Court of Appeal erred in law when it affirmed the inference by the high court that the magistrate’s court misused its discretion by giving Fiberesima N100,000 fine option for the manslaughter offence.


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Everyone feigning sickness to escape justice in Nigeria.

Her boobz look fine to me
look ibinabo, the earlier to serve ur term, the earlier u get awt. why delaying the inevitable

Her case should serve as reference to all and sundry that no matter how long it takes the arm of justice and law is long. You wasted a life of a fellow man as a result of your recklessness and you want to pay 100k and walk away.

So she now have cancer? When she was soliciting for sentiment via social media, why didn't she mention this? Why is she mentioning it now, just because she wants bail?

I believe if this woman is granted bail she will abscond. Nothing is beneath such a woman who always try to get the better of whatever situation she finds herself, using whatever means she can.

Amaechina, in the grounds of the appeal, described the appellate court’s judgment as unreasonable and one that found no support in law in view of the evidence presented before it.

The court judgement is unreasonable? Really , she deprived a man a chance of achieving his potential in life & it's unreasonable that justice is being served!!

Ibinabo's Lawyer has seen a cash cow & he's going to milk that cow of all it has!!!

He knows quite well the sentence is lenient & has no option of fine but he will delude her into parting with more money!!!

Lawyers ehn!!

Haba! No be dis woman wey been high scatter few weeks ago at AMA awards night parry? When cancer catch am so soon?

EroticAngelina:
Her boobz look fine to me

look ibinabo, the earlier to serve ur term, the earlier u get awt.
why delaying the inevitable

Oh really? I didn't know you've seen her boobs?

EroticAngelina:
Her boobz look fine to me
look ibinabo, the earlier to serve ur term, the earlier u get awt. why delaying the inevitable

ar a lez....?

EroticAngelina:
Her boobz look fine to me
look ibinabo, the earlier to serve ur term, the earlier u get awt. why delaying the inevitable

are u a lez....?

joseph1832:
Oh really? I didn't know you've seen her boobs?

funny

EroticAngelina:

funny

How come you're not laughing?

kokoA:
Haba! No be dis woman wey been high scatter few weeks ago at AMA awards night parry? When cancer catch am so soon?

I think they should give her a reprieve.

May be her case could have been better if she was really sober by lying low while the suite lasted. It appears from the look of things she called the bluff off the case. How can one explain her dancing and jumping around hysterically when you know you have a man slaughter charge hanging.

May God sees her through and more importantly console and be there for the family of the deceased doctor. What a great loss!

she didn't know she had health issues when she fooled herself at the AMVCA looking like a helpless drunkard

madam ibinabo do your jail time OK you killed someone.

whether by mistake or not go to jail

datola:


I think they should give her a reprieve.

May be her case could have been better if she was really sober by lying low while the suite lasted. It appears from the look of things she called the bluff off the case. How can one explain her dancing and jumping around hysterically when you know you have a man slaughter charge hanging.

May God sees her through and more importantly console and be there for the family of the deceased doctor. What a great loss!

Amen

health issue for whr.... una don start b dis oo

Issues

cancer kwa! last time i checked u were gorgeously dressed for the AMVCA with the boobs well packaged.na wa o