TheGoodJoe:


Did you for one second, think, "What of if the witness is saying the truth?"

Unlike other reports, this man's testimony showed that Ibinabo did not come from a club. Daniel Wilson said she arrived the hospital unconscious.

Do not reign curses when you are short of facts.

Charles Novia is asking journalists to investigate.

blackprowler:


You must be a low-life. All you know is defining things in terms of ethnicity. You're part of Nigeria's problems. Read my posts, I've been on the side of justice and against Ibinabo or Novia. So how dare you insult and find me guilty based on ethnicity? Yoruba, Ibo, whatever are like APC, PDP, NPN etc that have lasted centuries. See PDP already claiming special traits for their members. Imagine how it would be for 3 generations of PDP family. YOU DON'T KNOW SHAIT ABOUT THIS WORLD

ycat:
How can the witness be saying the truth?

Where was this truth for 10 years?

Do you clanish people ever tell the truth?

Why does the so called eye witness happen to show up in porthacourt? You guys really believe we are stupidd, I see!

For 10years the witness didn't come forward but, now that the reality of prison is staring you in the face, you made up a story that is opposite what the real eye witness said

The is an after thought story from disgusting tribalsts who think they can get away with anything. Just don't ever complain any injustice when you are faced with one.

You know you and goat Charles novia are just grasping at straws interviewing a fake witness after 10 years won't even be admissible in a US court because of memory of people making up the story.

If the witness can hold up on the state cross examination stand, let her go straight to court and explain it in front of a judge. Don't expect us to take your word for it. All of you from after Ore can lie for the world.

TheGoodJoe:


What is all the harshness and abuse for? As you are typing all these, you do not know if the witness is telling the truth or lying. That is why there is a term called the benefit of doubt.

You can not call the witness a liar if you do not know if he is lying if not.

I thought Ibinabo crashed on returning from the club but from the witness testimony, It makes sense that it was in the evening and the doctor was coming from a medical event. Ibinabo's teenage sister was in the car, that means she was not coming from a club. Daniel Wilson said they were preparing for a burial, when Ibinabo left with his car.

So attacking me and my clan does not change anything. What matters is the truth.

That is why there should be an investigation to determine if the man is saying the truth or not.

ycat:
She is a hit and run criminal, and all your litany won't cut it.

I'm sure you are deaf to the part where she removed the plate number of the car and had to be traced by vin of the car.

You are just throwing everything in the air and hoping something sticks, but you won't succeed, the court already had statements from the real eye witnesses. So your movie script is not needed.

TheGoodJoe:


As I said before. You were not there.

That is why we need someone to investigate properly. This is about the truth and not personal feelings.

If Ibinabo arrived the hospital unconscious, then she was not the one who pulled the license plates from the car. Maybe someone else affiliated to her did it to save her image.

However, the person is not on trial. What we need is the truth. Not what I feel or what you feel.

If you do not believe the witness, that does not make it a lie.

That is why I advised you not to rain curses on something you are not sure of.

ycat:
You weren't there either.

What you are doing.is to help her get away with crime.

The court has everything they needed, and no new fake evidence would be admissible. New trial should be denied. Justice delayed is justice denied. You have delayed justice, but we won't let you kill it.

The trial has been on for 10 years, why were there no investigation? Oh! Because you thought that you got away with crime.

Like the victim's family said, she wasn't unconscious. She's the only one who could have removed the plate number from the car.

Court got everything they need on this case, so you can chew the nollywood script.

Lenny5k:
Nigerians are Impossible! Here is somebody willing to submit himself to the authorities or whoever to hear his own side... But my people who always WISH the worst on others are already playing Judge disregarding this story and believing the worst. Have you for once even consider that the man Might be right?.... If we have Investigative Journalist wouldn't they have dug deep to find out the real truth? If you read the guy's story with an open mind, he mentioned many people that could collaborate the Story.. (The Crowd at the accident, the Girl in Ibinabo's Car, People at the Restaurant where she met Ibinabo 6yrs later) Real investigators would fish out these people if they are still alive and am sure most of them are... This is how far investigator go, to truly understand what really went down. But Our Journalist understands that many Nigerians Loves Sensational One sided story and they feed you with that and you are Happy! When this thing Happened years ago (Facebook was not in or at least hot back then) So I was on a Naija Forum and people wanted to eat Ibinabo raw when the story came out, but I told them they were reacting to a one sided story... As an accident Victim did the Doctors check her blood for Alcohol? If not why then are people peddling lies that she was Drunk? When people wouldn't stop, I contacted Ibinabo and Interviewed her for the Online Forum... She was crying and said she was Unconscious and was not Drunk.. I believed her back then and today so many years later it's revealed again here by a stranger that she was unconscious... For those that always believes the worst about others always understand this, every single one of us in Life will go through Trials, and our Prayers should be that we come out of it.

TheGoodJoe:



You know I was not there but you are talking as if you know the whole truth? The family member who said Ibinabo removed the plates, was the family member there? So how is her testimony the Holy Grail.

I am not part of Ibinabo's legal team. I am not an Ibinabo fan. I am not a relative to her. She is not my friend.

So why do you think I want her to get away with a crime.

I am for the truth. If Ibinabo's recklessness led to a man's death, she should brace ups and do the time.

If it was a mistake and her carelessness did not cause the accident, I pray God gives her a way out of this.

That is why I would continue calling for a thorough investigation. For instance, the medical report from the doctor who treated her. Did he receive I binary unconscious?

ycat:
You are not for the truth, you are just about getting her off jail.

Why didn't you ask for investigation during both trials? She had her day in court, not once but twice, let her do the time.

Why now that memories of eye witnesses about what happened can't really be as clear as when it just happened?

The statements taken down from the real eye witnesses on the ground at the time is the only thing useful for this case. The rest is just dog and pony show. If she couldn't investigate for 10 years then, we know it's a fake and bought witness.

ycat:
You are not for the truth, you are just about getting her off jail.

Why didn't you ask for investigation during both trials? She had her day in court, not once but twice, let her do the time.

Why now that memories of eye witnesses about what happened can't really be as clear as when it just happened?

The statements taken down from the real eye witnesses on the ground at the time is the only thing useful for this case. The rest is just dog and pony show. If she couldn't investigate for 10 years then, we know it's a fake and bought witness.

TheGoodJoe:



Do you know if the witness is saying the truth or not?

TheGoodJoe:



What matters is not what you want or what I want. What matters is the truth. If she is innocent, I hope God gives her a way out of this mess. If her carelessness and recklessness led to the doctor's death, I hope she learns from her time in jail and serve as a warning to others.

ycat:
They can't be saying the truth, there's no way to establish if they were even at the place of the accident.

ycat:
Go and sit down, you don't care about the truth. What you care is about her not serving her prison sentence.

Stop talking what you don't know.

ycat:
Go and sit down, you don't care about the truth. What you care is about her not serving her prison sentence.

Stop talking what you don't know.

TheGoodJoe:


Do you care about the truth? Do you care if the lady is innocent of the charges or do you just want her locked up, whether she is innocent or not.

TheGoodJoe:


As I said before, do you need to sound harsh. Is the "Go and Sit down" called for?

Tell me what I said that I do not know.

TheGoodJoe:


I am baffled with the amount of hate we Nigerians have towards each other. It takes me back to the ALUU4 incident. As soon as the pics leaked online, just before the kids were set ablaze, I said, Are these people sure these guys are guilty? Most at the scene never cared, cheered as they tortured them but at the end, the boys were not thieves.

Sorry to bring up a sensitive case like that but it shows the mindset of a lot of Nigerians.

Many are not ready to give someone the benefit of doubt. What will it cost some journalist to contact the doctor that attended to her. What will it cost for a journalist to seat with this witness and hear him.

People are even angry that Charles Novia is investigating if Ibinabo is innocent. What will give them joy is to see Ibinabo in pains whether she is guilty or not.

TheGoodJoe:


So, you believe his not saying the truth because you can not establish if he was at that place of the accident.


I believe him because he revealed details that clarified some things. Especially, that other doctors arrived the scene later and said they were together with the man for a medical event.

It is difficult to make up something like that. Something that can show if he is lying or saying the truth. It is easier to dig if other doctors who knew Doctor Giwa arrived the scene.

He said Ibinabo was unconscious and he put her in the car with the teenage girl to take her to the hospital for urgent medical attention. It can be investigated if there was a girl in the car.

He narrowed the time of the event. Saying it happened while it was getting dark. The time of the event can show this.

If the teenage girl in the car was true, then Ibinabo was not coming from a club.

These are the reason why I believe the man. That does not make the man's testimony the truth but calls for more investigation.

TheGoodJoe:


The earlier reports made Ibinabo the villain in the incident. The chick who went out clubbing, got drunk, killed a man with her reckless driving and tried to cover it up by fleeing the scene.

If the clubbing, drunkenness, fleeing the scene is wrong based on the witness testimony is wrong, how can we count on the reckless driving charges.

Even the time of the incident was wrong.

I think Ibinabo needs a fair hearing and the journalists should investigate and provide adequate information, so they won't generate hate against Ibinabo when she is not the way the media painted her.

It was not a hit and run case but a lady involved in an accident that a good citizen saved her life.

5starmilitant:



Even if she goes to jail, it won't bring the late doctor back to life. It's been a long time, and they should just take things easy.


Do you know how it feels, when one is saying the truth and no one is listening?
One must listen to all parts before concluding, cos it can happen to anyone.
Accident does not give notice before coming.
Mind the things you say.

princejenks:
yea i think she was remanded back then when the case was ongoing till she got a judgement weeks later but which has been appealed now by the state in which the initial judgement was upturned and now she would be serving the 5 year sentence. I believe her lawyers would reopen the case in the light of this new revelations but that doesnt mean she may still not serve the time eventually but what charles novia is saying is that certain untruths being peddled that she was aloof from the deceased doctor's family as reason for reopening the case is not true going by daniel wilson's response here.

Pdizzle:

Naija can be better, if your likes sit-down and think before drawing your inferences. So doctor would have been reckless and his car became a magnet, making ibinabo's SUV skid and jump over the lane demarcation into his own lane.

blank:


If they bring this new "evidence" to court, he will be charged as an accomplice. He could even be said to be the one that removed the number plate and details.

One thing I remember from the headlines from that day was that she was drunk and returning from a night party. All these his tales by moonlight are just that. He can clearly remember that it was around 7pm but can't remember if it was the doctor or her that caused the accident.

iwakunbaba:
This guy is a BLOODY LIAR..........it took you 10 years to say this....

The lady should go to jail for others to learn

bqlekan:
How could he have recollected so much details? This accident didn't happen last year now.

Well scripted