‘I almost committed suicide’ – Convicted Actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima Opens Up on Her Ordeal

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The Nollywood actress and mum, who is currently remanded at the Kirikiri Prison following her 5-year jail sentence last Friday (read here) opens up on her ordeal so far in an emotional interview with Vanguard.

The media reports looking depressed and in low spirit, the once cheerful AGN president expressed faith in God that the stormy days would soon be over.

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On her relationship with the late Dr. Giwa Suraj’s family, she said,

“I don’t have a relationship with the family. They banned me from coming to see them. I used to visit the mother, but they warned me to stop coming to their house. So, I can only pray for them and that’s what I did always. If I had their GSM lines, I would have sent them messages. But like I said earlier, I was banned from visiting them. They said I should not dare get close to them.”

She also lamented a situation where aggrieved members of the AGN would refer to her prison ordeal each time they want to attack her.

“Every time they want to throw things at me, they would bring it up. I didn’t steal anybody’s money snd I am not a criminal. I was involved in an accident and I have internally remained sorry that it happened. They said I am going to jail again. I almost died the first time I was sent to jail in 2009. I almost committed suicide. But thank God that He brought me out of that depression.”

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She previously revealed in 2009 when she was released from prison,

“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 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.”