Son of Fiberesima Ibinabo, Sean is apprehensive of
what could happen to him and his siblings if his mother is jailed for five
years. In an attempt to elicit the sympathy of the authority and Nigerians, he
wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians.
But, the letter was followed by a letter from the
sister of the late doctor, Biola Giwa-Adeyemi chronicling how her brother died.
Ibinabo’s Son, Sean Writes Buhari, Nigerians
The Doctor died at the scene of the accident because the jeep was on top
of the Honda accord driven by him and they couldn’t save him on time because of
the seat belt and the weight of the jeep, the brother and the other family
friend in that car had survived. Did she know the state of mind and the
emotional instability of the people involved in that accident up till now,
Ibinabo has never been in a Coma.
Few hours after an Appeal Court in Lagos issued a five-years jail term
for his mother, Ibinabo’s son, Sean writes a touching Open Letter to President
Buhari and Nigerians, to tender mercy with his Nollywood mum.
Read Sean’s missive below:
People of Nigeria,
This is Sean, first and proud son of Ibinabo Fiberesima, I write on here
today to plead with all Nigerians to pray for my mother. She is going through
the toughest of times right now, and so are we, her family. I’ve been reading
heartbreaking comments on her matter that ‘she thinks she’s above the law’,
‘she doesn’t feel sorry for the family of the deceased’, ‘she was drunk and
deserves this punishment’, let me get a few things straight with you now.
My mother is the most humble woman I know, I was not aware she was a
celebrity until I was about 14,15, and that’s only because my uncle told me,
she does not see herself or act as if she is above any other person. She is a
proud Nigerian who loves her country and its people.
Secondly, she has been carrying heartbreak around with her for the past
11 years after the accident. She understands the pain for the deceased family
and is very hurt about what happened herself. She has tried her utter most to
console with the Family, so don’t ever think she does not care.
Thirdly she was not drunk, the charges are reckless and dangerous
driving, first of all I refuse to believe my mother was driving recklessly or
dangerous, as I’ve been in a car with her countless times and nothing has
happened. On this occasion it was unfortunate, she was unlucky, her car flipped
over which happens to a number of cars and another car smashed into her. She
was in a comma for days, she could have easily lost her life, but thankfully,
by Gods strength only she survived. She did not set out that day trying to kill
someone or herself.
Sister Of Doctor Killed In The Accident Writes About
The Cause of Her Brother’s Death
Biola Giwa-Adeyemi, the sister of late Dr Giwa. She wrote the article to
shed more light on the case between Ibinabo Fiberersima Vs Lagos State.
The article read: “First of all, the case was between Lagos state
Government Vs Ibinabo Febresima but not Giwa Vs Ibinabo Febresima.
On this faithful day of Feb 26th 2006 along the Lekki Epe Express way,
my late brother Dr Giwa was driving with his brother and another family friend
in his car coming from a meeting in Ajah, they were held up in a traffic around
the evening time, when this tragic accident happened.
Ibinabo was driving towards Lekki while the late Dr Giwa was coming from
the other direction facing towards Island, just by shop-rite, when Ibinabo’s
jeep flipped and lost control from her lane jumped over the culvert or pavement
that demarcate the road from the on coming vehicle.
The speed that skipped and flipped a jeep over the road demarcation will
be considered “Reckless and Endangerment” because the VIO dept checked the jeep
brakes, the engine and all the mechanical and electrical of the jeep but the
result shows nothing wrong with the jeep and confirm that the accident as due
to “OVER SPEEDING” in which the result was on record.
After the accident, Ibinabo left the scene of the accident without
checking for any survivors, she took the license plate and registration out of
the car and fled from the scene, that was considered “HIT AND RUN”. The people
at the scene of the accident recognized her as Ibinabo Febresima, and stated
she was drunk.”Driving Under Influence” of whatever she had.
The State Department of Transportation has to use the VIN number to
locate the Owner of the jeep, in which the owner was Daniel Wilson. That was my
very first time of hearing the name of Ibinabo Febresima.
Dr. Giwa |
After all the evidences against her, with the result of the VIO by the
State department of Transportation, The DPP office took over and charged her to
court and she hired Festus Keyamo in which after reviewing the case he withdrew
by saying he cannot represent her because it’s a bad case.
Doctor Giwa has a living mother for goodness sake, wife with 3
children’s, Ibinabo deprived him from seeing his children graduate from
university and getting married, also from being the one to bury his mother at
her old age, “Whereas no one ever prayed that on the day of their children’s
success and happiness they should replaced them with someone else”.
Ibinabo was never remorseful, they brought her to meet with me shortly
after my brother’s death in GRA Ikeja before my return back to the USA, but her
only concern then was to drop the charges against her.
I told her that it’s not my family Vs her but the State Vs her, that
where I come from in USA that we do not interfere with the justice system, that
they should do their job and advise her to apologize publicly to the masses and
to the family and throw herself to the mercy of the court. She said and l quote
“I CAN’T DO THAT, BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO DAMAGE MY CAREER” what an ego, she
cannot apologize publicly, I feel like kicking her ass.
She’s worried about her stupid career, What happened to the career of
the Doctor, who happened to be a ‘MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND THE HEAD OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION MEDICINE AT GENERAL HOSPITAL LAGOS.
People say there is no justice in Nigeria, but it does once in awhile.
The lower court magistrate, O.A Isaac found her guilty with the option
of 100,000.00 Naira, which is considered a judicial recklessness, 100k does not
even buy an iPad, the life of someone does not worth more that 100k so that
people will take the liberty of committing crimes.
Later Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of the High court found her guilty and
overturn the option of fine and gave her 5 yrs in prison, she spent 3 weeks and
came out on bail to go to Court of Appeal, however, how can a convicted person
came out on bail, here in USA you will be in jail and they will transport you
to and from each time you have an hearing.
Finally Appeal court found her guilty and sentence her to 5 years in prison.
Let her face the wrath, it is said that you can run but can’t hide, it’s a law
of Kama that catch up, This will serve as a deterrent to others. Who will
believe after 10yrs she will still be slammed, The Family of the late Dr Giwa
had moved on with our lives, She was forgiven, it was very difficult and
painful, but God gave us especially his mother and children the fortitude to
bear the loss.
On behalf of our families and friends, we really thank the Lagos State
Government, The attorney general, DPP Mrs Odutola and colleagues, Justice
Deborah Oluwayemi, Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur, Justice U.I Udukwe-Anyawu and
Justice Tijani Abubakar and everyone for their support, no evil shall befall
anyone, as you all go out and come in, may God’s grace and protection abide
with each and everyone. .
‘JUSTICE AT LAST’ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUSTICE AT LAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUSTICE IS FINALLY DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!. IBINABO HAS NEVER PAID A DIME TO ANY
FAMILY MEMBER OF THE LATE DR GIWA AS INDICATED BY HER FRIEND’S, AND IF SHE DID
PAY ANY FAMILY MEMBER, SHE NEEDS TO START MENTIONING NAMES NOW”.
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