Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima’s bail application suffered a setback on Thursday March 17, 2016 at the Court of Appeal in Lagos after the judges ruled that her application was ‘incompetent’.
The three-man panel led by Justice U.I Ndukwe-Anyanwu, said that the application was not properly filed as her counsel failed to attach copies of the judgment that was delivered by the court which affirmed the five years jail sentence imposed on her.
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The court adjourned hearing for her bail application to April 7, 2016 when copies of the March 11, 2016 judgement would have been included.
She was afterward sent back to prison.
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The actress and her legal team had approached the Supreme Court to set aside the March 11th verdict of the Lagos State Court of Appeal which validated the 5 year jail term handed down to her by the state’s High Court over the 2006 accident in which a car she drove killed a medical doctor, Suraj Giwa in Lagos.
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Source:: The NET
