The
Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by
ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, challenging a Lagos High Court judgment
which sentenced her to serve five years in prison for the death of one Dr. Giwa
Suraj.
The
embattled president of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN) was sentenced by
Justice Deborah Oluwayemi for reckless driving which caused the death of Suraj
in an auto accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. He was an employee
of a Lagos State hospital.
Dissatisfied,
Fiberesima in her amended appellant brief filed by her lawyer, Nnaemeka
Amaechina, urged the court to set aside the sentence and restore the decision
of the Magistrate’s Court which sentenced her to a N100,000 fine.
But
delivering judgment yesterday, the appellate court dismissed the appeal and
affirmed the High Court’s judgment.