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There is no reprieve yet, for convicted star actress and former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima serving a five-year jail term as her efforts to secure bail pending the hearing and determination of her appeal before the Supreme Court, Thursday suffered a major setback.
The Appeal Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, declared her bail application incompetent.
The three man-panel of Judges, Samuel Oseji, Tijani Abubakar and Justice U. I. Ndukwe-Anyanwu observed that the appellant failed to attach to her application copies of the judgment delivered by the court which affirmed the five-year jail sentence slammed on her by a Lagos High Court.
When the matter was mentioned Ibinabo’s counsel Nnaemeka Amaechina told the court about the bail application dated 14 March, 2016 filed before the appellate court and that a copy had been served on the Lagos State Government (respondent).
However, the application could not be heard as the court observed that the appellant failed to attach copies of the judgement of the court as exhibit thereby rendering the whole application incompetent.
Justice U.I. Ndukwe-Anyanwu (presiding) said the only option left was to strike out the application or adjourn it till further date for hearing.
Consequently, Amaechina asked for an adjournment to enable him do the needful.
Thereafter, the court adjourned the matter till April 7 for hearing.
Meanwhile, Ibinabo has asked the Supreme Court to set aside the judgement of the lower court affirmed by the Appeal Court
In her Notice of Appeal, she stated that Court of Appeal erred in law when it affirmed the alteration by the high court of Lagos state by setting aside the option of N100,000 fine and substituting it with a term of 5 years imprisonment.
The appellant further …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
