
Today thursday,convicted ex-beauty queen,Ibinabo Fiberesima failed in her bid to secure bail at the Court of Appeal,Lagos Division,due to an incompetent application.A three man panel of the Appeal Court presided over by Justice U.I Ndukwe Anyanwu observed that the appellant failed to attach copies of the judgement delivered by the court last friday,which affirmed the five years jail sentence imposed on her by a Lagos High Court in Igbosere.Other Judges on the panel are Justice Samuel Oseji and Justic Tijani Abubakar respectiveli.The Actor's Guild of Nigeria {AGN} president has also told the Supreme Court that she is recuperating from breast surgery and that staying in prison would endanger her life.When the matter came up today thursday at the Appeal Court,Ibinabo's lawyer,Nnaemeka Amaechina informed that court of his client's application dated March
14,which had already been served on the Lagos State Government {respondent}.However,the application could not be heard as the court observed that the appellant's failure to attach copies of the judgement as exhibit rendered the whole application incompetent.Justice Ndukwe Anyawu said the only option left was to strike out the application or adjournment to enable him to do the needful and the court adjourned the matter till April 7 for hearing of the bail application.Meanwhile,the actress has asked the Supreme Court to set aside the judgement of the lower court.In her Notice of Appeal,the appellant stated that Court of Appeal erred in law when it affirmed the decision of the High Court of Lagos State by setting aside the option of N
100,000 fine and substituting it with a term of five years imprisonment.The appellant further stated that the Court of Appeal erred in law when it affirmed the interference by the High Court with the exercise of discretion by the trial Magistrates Court.She added that the ''Judgement of the Court of Appeal is unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence presented before the court''.One more photo below.
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