Few weeks before she was jailed, Nollywood actress
Ibinabo Fiberesima made a final appeal to the family of
late Doctor Suraj Giwa to forgive her by accepting her
monetary offer.
Sadly, her offer was rejected as the family of the deceased
intensified their legal effort to get justice.
This is what Ibinabo said:
“I almost committed suicide the first time I was jailed.
Since the incident happened, I have learnt how not to trust
anybody any more. I put my trust now in the Lord and this
is better explained in the new song I recorded. The music
captures my story.
“Emotionally, I have been drained and to some extent
humiliated, even in public. I wasn’t happy that I was
involved in that accident. I have said it over and over
again that I’m deeply sorry that it ever happened.
“I don’t know how else to atone for the accident. I started
begging my victim’s family from the very day the accident
happened. My family attended the funeral rites and service
of songs and I even attended the 40 days prayer when I
was not strong enough to move about.
“I met with the mother and the wife of the deceased.
There’s virtually nothing I didn’t do to plead with the
family of the deceased to let me off the hook. I’m still
pleading with them as I speak with you right now, even
though they banned me from coming to see them, they
warned me to stop coming to their house. So, I can only
pray for them and that’s what I did always.”
Ibinabo is currently serving a 5-year jail term in Kirikiri
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