The case went to court and the Igbosere magistrate court sentenced her to five years in prison with an option of N100k fine. Ibinabo apologized to the man's family, paid the N100k fine and thought the case was over but the Lagos state government objected to the fine and took the case to a high court...
The High Court then said that the Magistrate court was reckless when they gave Ibinabo an option of fine for such an offence. The High court judge tossed out the N100k option and sentenced Ibinabo to five years in prison, saying that such an offence - reckless and dangerous driving which causes another person's death is liable to 7 years in prison. Ibinabo's N100k was subsequently given back to her.
So she and her lawyers took the case to court of Appeal, asking the court of appeal, Lagos Division, to set aside the prison sentence and restore the sentence she received from the magistrate court (N100k) but unfortunately, at the judgement that took place today March 11th, the court upheld the high court ruling and dismissed Ibinabo's appeal, saying it lacked merit.
Ibinabo was in court today and reportedly wept when judgment was passed. She and her lawyers are now heading to the Supreme court to appeal. If they fail at the Supreme Court, the AGN president will be spending the next few years in prison.
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May God take control.
This is so u fair.this isn't deliberate and it happened over 10 years ago. What will happen to her children for 5 years?these pple won't just do what's right.
Omg this is not good, God be with her
So sad. I feel for her honestly. I wish the man's family can just forgive her and let this pass...
Wow!
But then, it's justice
Oh my God it will not happen no way i reject it.
She is innocent the God of freeborn should rise an fight for this peace humble lady as her yoruba,ibos and hausa enemies is about to laugh at her but they will be put to shame and disgrace.
Hmmmm i say no way i sa no way with a loud voice she is innocent.
If terrorist buhari and co did not go to jail for killing innocent people my lady u will not smell that rotten jail says freeborn
#sad indeed
In as much as I love u dear. But justice has 2 be done. You even deserve more years in prison. This will serve as a lesson to all reckless drivers our there. Especially here in lagos
This one Na gobe,IB u need to beg the late doc family am sure u didn't do a good follow up on that aspect? May God help u,cuz I like u.
Awww,after 10yrs?too bad I feel for thou.
Awww,after 10yrs?too bad I feel for thou.
Jesu Christi 😳😳😳😩😩😩.. IB sorry o!!
Oh my God it will not happen no way i reject it.
She is innocent the God of freeborn should rise an fight for this peace humble lady as her yoruba,ibos and hausa enemies is about to laugh at her but they will be put to shame and disgrace.
Hmmmm i say no way i sa no way with a loud voice she is innocent.
If terrorist buhari and co did not go to jail for killing innocent people my lady u will not smell that rotten jail says freeborn
yorubas will not have peace for this,i know when she have settle every thing they now start it afresh they will not have peace for this evil act.
#sad indeed
She didn't apologize to Dr Giwa's family at all! It was Daniel Wilson that went to apologize and beg the family because it was his jeep Ibinabo was driving that night. Vehicular manslaughter is 5-7yrs true, + DUI (reckless endangerment) is 11-15 in total. The judiciary system is lenient on her Abeg! She should be sentence at least 10yrs with no parole possibility. Cause she is not sober for killing Dr Giwa
Eayaaaaaaaaa!!! That's crazy.
Hmmmmm so when is she going to jail
PEPSI ADDICT
Linda and u didn't gist us bcs???
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
This is serious!!!
Hmm.This is heart broken.
How was such a judgement passed in the first place, a man lost his life due to her recklessness and then the let her go with a fine of 100k...wow! 100k for a life..
Hmmm o setigo
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Goodluck Jonathan is the only former Nigerian President who does not have power over the ruling administration, thanks to the Buhari factor. This Ibinabo has been escaping jail because Jonathan was in power. Now, she's facing the true face of law... She even pocketed Millions of $$$ from the 'Goodluck Jonathan Entertainment/Film Industry Bailouts'... #Change
OH MY!!!
FEEL SO SORRY FOR HER RIGHT NOW. GOD HELP US ALL
That's the judiciary getting better.
Eiya. I feel for her.
#LibBadBoy
This fine woman
She shuld connect her sucrose on top nah lol
Nobody is above the law
u get this kind gbege for ground, you dey jump up and down with Ciara, dey jump up and down for red carpet.
if this case had been handled meticulously by herself and lawyers, she wouldn't be in this predicament. Sad though, I hope the supreme court spares her, considering he fact that she is a mother
You killed somebody's breadwinner recklessly and want to enjoy your own life. Rubbish
Nawaho if she has known she would have serve her five years in prison then, by now she would have be a free Woman now...It's well just Pray, there's nothing God can't do...afterall it wasn't intentional it was an accident.
Na waoo
See gobe!
See gobe!
Tough luck, but the law is the law. She needs to show serious remorse and not just apologizing to the family of the deceased. All these events and showmanship should reduce drastically. She's an actress so it shouldn't be hard to get into character to gain sympathy. The truth? she took a life...karma sha!
Jesus....no na
OMG so Sad :(
Damolia.DEW
At least let justice prevail , no matter whose goose is gored
Wow! I was just discussing this incident with a friend of mine last week as we discussed how some serious offenses get swept under the carpet prolly cos of the person's social status and the top shots she knows. She and her lawyers are devils, you kill someone and you want to just pay 100K and go. What about the deceased family? Do you know the deprivation they'd have faced, first from loss of fatherly love and then provision...and you want to pay 100K and be cruising around town like nothing happened. My fried, SERVE YOUR JAIL TERM!...Infact, her lawyer(s) should share the same prison room with her.
Don't even know what to say. Thought this case was over and done with after she begged the family of the deceased
If only she was not wearing Ankara and feeling funky...I swear,levels don "change" she will be in jail and she will meet many lesbians and she will come out a changed woman unless she goes on her knees without Ankara and begs the man's family...As for me,this does not affect my fuel gauge right now.
Don't drink and drive. People have been trying to avoid the real reason this case came about because Ibi is a celebrity. The Dr's family must have gone through hell over the years, while she's gone about her life, re marrying. Having extra children etc. The dead man can't and it's all because of her negligence
I prefer the old blog oooo Linda.
What's with this new confusing new look? You sef don start Change,,, hmmmmmmm with that APC one.
Nigeria ooooo
100k for reckless driving that cost a mans life?!!! Haba!!! They should fear God na!!! That doesn't make sense!! Thank God it was reviewed!!
Celebrities abroad get jailed like every other citizen, but in Nigeria it's rare for police to even lock up a celebrity for one week. I pray Supreme Court will dismiss the case and give her a fine of 100million naira, because sending her to prision won't bring the man back, but the money can help the family of the deceased.
I feel bad for her
awwwww....this is sad!
She should go to jail, just because she's an actress does not make her above the law.
I thought diz has bn 4gotten......
Hmmmmm. I don't know what to say about this
OMG. This case? Since? Choi. Dunno what to say.
#LIB ADDICT#
Oh nooo!!! I feel her pain!
Life! Everything will be going well like this...Life go just grab you from behind...say come hereeeee! SMH! I feel bad for her, She's too cute for prison :(
This is bad news.
I feel so sorry for her. I pray she wins at the Supreme Court.
if she looses the case, she will be wearing blue shots and blue Top
Please they should pity her,the dead has gone please forgive her, she has learnt her lesson
With the ordeal still hanging on her head like a dark cloud, couldn't she keep a low profile keep her head down? Instead she's all over the place attending red carpet events, rubbing her good life on the noses of the late doctor's family ,probably to the annoyance of Court officers too hence the inevitable Court Order.
See life,you killed a man,someones son,husband and father and cnt spend 5 yrs in prison,when its not death sentence.let her go and serve the jail term and stop complaining
Eiyah... Mehn! 2005 till now is 11years...she would have been out like 6yrs ago.
She is too beautiful to hug jail sentence. God will help her at the supreme court.
Oh...i'm sorry 4 her n wish she can b free but dat crime sincerely shouldnt hve an option of 100k fine
She should have settled the family of the deceased. Linda take note!
Awww too bad
I wish her good luck in supreme court.
She should go to jail. How could she have killed someone and she does not want to serve the prescribed punishment!
OMG...I feel for her.it has happened already,let the family Involved please forgive. The life lost cant be restored.let them forgive for the sake of christ.
Oh my
Jail Bird! sorry Ambode will grant you pardon.
Please now they should rather increase the option if that's what they want. I can hardly withstand woman tears. Ehyaaaa
If had stayed in prison she would free by now
Choi! Just like that?this na joke abi na real? Abi na movie?
OMG! Dat's no gud news for her ooo
What a pity,this is going to be a serious case God have mercy oooh
Ewooh....why am I biased now..i love dis lady..i guess ur past cn still hunt you..chimoooo
OMG! Dat's no gud news for her ooo. If only Jonathan is still around. She won't win this. She fought against Buhari
Hmmmmm....
They should free her joor
Na waaaooo dnt knw wot to say oooooo God help her
Na wao...
Since 2005😮...what a county am in
Okokobioko, u do the crime , u do the time. Good luck to her.
Oh no. Serious matter
Hard luck IB!!!
I pity her children.
Enemies @ work.... they want that ur post that's why them go dig into ur past.but come self 100k to human life hmmmmm
Chai! Its well
When i see this woman she reminds me of GEJ when she led other entertainers to collect dasuki millions during the campaign. i wish her well tho under her AGN welfare of actors was a no no, we even lost actors sef incl muna obiekwe
This lady trowing a saraki
Eayah
So sad. I still remembered when it happened.
The offences this woman committed was not only dangerous and reckless driving but causing the death of another while under the influence of drugs or alcohol....this offence alone attracts a prison sentence and five years disqualification from driving...i hope the supreme court will increase her prison sentence to 7 years
Hmmm. This will be too much for her
The offences this woman committed was not only dangerous and reckless driving but causing the death of another while under the influence of drugs or alcohol....this offence alone attracts a prison sentence and five years disqualification from driving...i hope the supreme court will increase her prison sentence to 7 years
Ibinabo my love! It's well
Go directly to jail girl.
God help her....
Hmmm so sad they shuld pls temper justice with mercy sake of her kids
Wow
Nawo and Fulani men that massacre people of Agutu Town and Mile 2 killing remain free people.Nigeria I hall De
Nawo and Fulani men that massacre people of Agutu Town and Mile 2 killing remain free people.Nigeria I hall De
Nawo and Fulani men that massacre people of Agutu Town and Mile 2 killing remain free people.Nigeria I hall De
God forbid in Jesus Name Amen
Nawo and Fulani men that massacre people of Agutu Town and Mile 2 killing remain free people.Nigeria I hall De
Hian ur village pple is after u oooo. Aft how many years old wound reopened again.even her herself didn't lay low u r always everywhere do u think d guys pple will b happy.their son is 6feet u dey jive
Hian ur village pple is after u oooo. Aft how many years old wound reopened again.even her herself didn't lay low u r always everywhere do u think d guys pple will b happy.their son is 6feet u dey jive
O Jonathan's government would have helped her . One single act of recklessness can follow you like a plague . We are talking 11 years here.
A man died . Let his life should be worth more than 100k. I can imagine how his family feel every time they see her in the news enjoying her life. So sad for everyone involved.
Yh no one should be above the law. See 10 yr old case. Goes around comes around
FIRSTLY,CONDOLENCE TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY,HOW DID THEY ARRIVE TO ONE BEING GUILTY ON NIGERIAN ROADS, FG, STATE GOVT AND FRSC SHOULD COMPERSATE THE FAMILY.NO WHERE IN THE WORLD SHOULD ONE OVERTAKE FROM LEFT AND RIGHT FOR INSTANCE. THESES MAKES THIS JUDGMENT BIASED.FIBRESMA JAIL WILL NOT MAKE NIGERIAN ROADS SAFE. SO UNFAIR.
Mhen! Make God no let person see evil like this ooo
And she thought she could pay 100k just like that? Na wa na human being life we talking about here, you cut a young life short and you don't want to spend 5 years in prison, you for don go do am since and be finished with it, coz this thing is so long of a time now, that your new husband no go wait for you oo,
Omg it was a mistake I
Wish they just help her
Oh dear!i thought it was over too,too bad for her if she ends up in jail...
Linda a guy went to jail in place of her after that hit and run but he got released, her Sugar Son. He took the fall for her reckless driving, investigate it.....
D law must take it curse
So u hav a pending case in court and u ar busy dancing and getting urself drunk at d award party
Wish u all d best
Old Woman....nemesis don follow u to chop ur behind
All these yellow women wey no fine, only colour fine dem no fine !
Hmmm, i will comment when i come back 4rm sambisa forest
ps make them forgive her
Pls 4give her. Instead increase the fine.
😡😡😡
I know the case is sad and painful but why is the family so unforgiving? No amount of jail term will bring their son back neither will any form of monetary compensation.
The windmill of the gods grinds slowly but surely
Pls pple let's help ibinabo not to go to prison. Forgive her, increase the fine instead. Pls the family of the deceased should forgive her. Its not easy neither can any amount of money bring back the dead but pls forgive her
100k for a dead rat? Can money buy life? the judge that ruled that case before insulted not just the family of the deceased but also the deceased....what nonsense!
I feel for her. Hope she gets a fair pardon.
Nawa o,so sad.....person wey die don die shaa
Crious? God pls help her n av mercy
Hmm nawaoh..!!!! This is serious oo!!!
EUNIQUE
Say what?
Looks like bibo is Doomed cos there's no way in Heaven n Earth that this serial babymama gon survive the coming Pokey.
Oh too bad, let the court just fine her and free the lady joor. Since 7yrs till now, wat will they gain if they jail her now...
Hhhhmmmmm
Too bad it's well you will win like Wike @the Supreme Court...but wait o 100k is too small Na Haba Magistrate Court
#QueenBea the only DarkskinGirl in 9ja#
I feel sorry for her really...sad
Too bad it's well you will win like Wike @the Supreme Court...but wait o 100k is too small Na Haba Magistrate Court
#QueenBea the only DarkskinGirl in 9ja#
That 100k was a huge INSULT.
After killing someone, she think say na to pay the 100k begin strut all over the place? God punish the judge wey even pass that kain judgement.
Yeye dey smell...... I'm sure it was with jona's influence she secured that ridiculous judgment.
justice takes too long in this country aswear!
But did she really want to get away with murder with just #100000? This is a person's life we're talking about.
Good Justice served!!! she will have to go to jail so prepare dear
But seriously 100k over a man's life?? Is that what his life is worth? 5yrs is even too small for her cos am trying to imagine if its one of my dear ones..i will personally kill her myself...mbok!
she Should face her reckless driving consequences nah
Wow! Speechless
She was drunk & heading home from a night club was the story
So unfortunate. No one is above the law, yet it should be applicable to all oooooo not seating on some issues tor. I wish her d best
This is going to be a major setback for her... but i'm positive she's gonna come out of it stronger. I don talk my own o
I pray she wins o,God abeg.atleast it wasn't intentional.
Now this is a dicey one! If truly it was an honest error, then an innocent person will just be made to suffer unjustly! Feel for her...
Congratulations to her for driving reckless.
That's sad but justice/fair judgement shall uphold...
No Celebrity status shall change that.
LIB Celebrity
Imagine, 100k for a man's life,
Gud for her shea..
#FINEST
Wow! So sad. I thot dis was behind her. She truly feels remorseful. The law sudnt be hard on her. She carries dis guilt with her everyday of her life
VEERED not vied
I still don't believe celebrities go to jail in Nigeria
Hmmmm oh I wounder what will come out of this case.I believe a lot of people are involved secretly wanting to use this case to del with her.haven't the family forgiven?
I pity her sha. If things can ever be reversible,,,,.
#Linda'spal
I pity her sha. If things can ever be reversible,,,,.
#Linda'spal
Why re u so bitter,my dear dnt rejoice in oda pples downfll..u neva know wen urs will oCcur
Hmmmmmmmmm!
I reserve my comment.
So sad #Lindangwanu#
If our corrupt presido was still there, we for say go beg am with Omoni. Lol
Okbye!!
U are right,she didn't do a good follow up.
God punish your generations !!!! Ago nsi
You are nothing but a fool. If the deceased were to be your father, you would have been satisfied with the magistrate court's verdict.
You spoke my mind. She ought to have kept a low profile, because each time the deceased's family saw her on TV, it would elicit painful memories.
She was said to have been driving that fateful night under the influence of alcohol. She seemed not to have learnt anything all these years.
She did something like this in 2005 and she still has her drivers license ooo, she is still allowed to drive.... she should accept the punishment already... if she had gone to jail then in 2005, she would've been out by now and forgotten.
Funny that we are all feeling sorry and sympathising and even calling on God of freedom. Kwat! lol. Probably cos she's a celebrity so we feel she shud be spared and maybe the family shud have just collected the 100k, thanked her and lick their wounds. But maybe we'll all be raining down curses if it was a mere citizen who did it. She committed a crime, she shud face it. Too bad for her kids but mommy did wrong. Too bad we live in a country where one is fine 100k for a life. Haba. If she was really remorseful when that happened, she shud have really begged and offered the family more than 100k. Was the Doctor not collecting more than that as salary? What can that amount do now that he's gone? Cover rent? Fees? or what? You kill someone's husband and maybe father sef and you come and offer 100k as if they were beggers? Evens beggars sef. She has done wrong, she shud face it kawai
Once a life is involved, it becomes a State matter, and not the family forgiving .
Clarion Chukwura, welcome o! Envious monster!!!
The N100,000 originally set by the magistrates court is too small to compensate the family, but no more an insult than the pitiful value the Nigerian government attaches to the life of Nigerians. Does the nigeria government spend more than N100,000 on any Nigerian? See N5000 to youths the FG refused to pay. Lagos State Government took up the case na lie. Na one Supo Shashore man that carried the case to jail Ibinabo for head, Change2Chains
May the same fate await you when you make a mistake. Amen*
May the same fate await you when you make a mistake. Amen*
Let's start a #PleaseForgiveIbinabo hashtag campaign.
Let's start a #PleaseForgiveIbinabo hashtag campaign.
Its the AGM that seeks to destroy her o.
Hmmmm! Ibinabo. I wish u lived a low key life after this incident. You can't kill and be partying about town like u killed a chicken. May the Lord stand for u.
Whaaaaaat? No apologies!?? Then u brought this upon yourself dear. So sorry
if she didn't apologise to the family properly then that is just too stupid an insensitive of her. But the family shd calm down. The lives that that doctor himself has taken during his practice nko? did he go to jail and apologise for them? mtchewww everyone being such hypocrites.
Lol. Thot dis matter don rest sha! Lesson to all
Hello, it's a crime against the State and not the man's family. So the man's family has no say in it.
She committed a criminal offence so her case is not with the man's family but with Lagos state. Even if his family forgives her it is only Lagos state that can decided whether or not to drop the case.
So the man's worth is 100k ??
Where the hell did you get that utterly false bit of 8 formation from? Chai! That is one big fat lie!!!! She was actually remanded in custody until her trial at the magistrate court was concluded and she was given a 5 yr sentence and an option of pay in a 100k fine. Abeg gerrarrahia with your fake gist!
To bad! I feel for her and her family.
Thanks! My sentiment exactly!
You have spoken so well
A crime of this magnitude is against the State. It's a criminal offence. Even the family members can't do anything about it. Geez!
Biko when you kill someone, it's not the deceased's family that sues. Get your facts right and stop being unnecessarily emotional. It is The People of Lagos State versus Ibinabo Fiiberesima. The deceased's family members do not have a say in the matter at all.
Mourns what abeg, that she is going to prison or what. Omo abeg how much is dollar today?
Yoruba says, iyan ogunleye odun, a ma gbona jain jain
Eya 😠they served her eventually, may God be with her and her children.
Eya 😠they served her eventually, may God be with her and her children.
Every court hierarchy has a maximum limit of fine it can impose. The case was held in a magistrate court (the lowest of all) so i am not too surprised 100k was the fine as at 2005.The question rily should be if the magistrate court had the power to conduct a case that involved death.
From 100k to life case! Well, sometimes, we have no control over how it will change an when and with whom.
I think she should have really begged the family and try to keep in touch. If she did that a the court still goes ahead to send her to five years imprisonment, then, we should look at what th law says for those who commit such offence.
#AnonymousIgbogal...God have mercy on you and help you win at the supreme Court of appeal because no amount of years in jail or even a death sentence. will bring back the dead. I just hope this judgement is not due to Vindictive buhari trying to hit below the belt to get a cheap victory over Dame Patience Ebele Jonathan (my amiable firstlady aka Mama Peace) as she is of the same tribe as Ibinabo (Okrika).we need to forgive each other so that God can forgive us our trespasses. Vengeance belongs to God. Ibinabo we pray for you.may the soul of Dr. Suraj rest in peace amen...#AnonymousIgbogal
Abeg help me inform all the people yarning nonsense! Some1 was drunk & killed a breadwinner while driving recklessly with no sense of remorse and she should be forgiven cos she's an F list actress? Apart from Dr Giwa's immediate family, do u know the impact of his death to the healthcare institution in Lagos state? Can't remember his field but I think I read he was one of the few of such. She should pay for her sin Abeg.
Were! The same thing that has been happening to Dr Giwa's family for the past 11 years.
It's an accident nah!They should let her be!How about all those dangote trailer that kills 100s every yr,why are they nt in jail?
They forgot to add the fact that she was Drunk when the hit that man.
Thanks for they replied
@Anonymous12:56am U are d bigger fool here.if she serve d 5yrs jail sentence will it bring bck d man dat died?it wont.so wats d need?
Sad
I dont blame u. We have grown so thick heart tht death doesn't move us anymore. U are concerned abt her children. What abt tht of the man she killed by driving recklessly. U really need re-orientation.
If it was ur father tht she killed u wil jst forgive and let it pass abi?
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