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The Nigerian Entertainment(Nollywood)industry has been gripped and in total shock by the case of Rabi Ismail, the actress who has reportedly been sentenced to death by the Court of Appeal in Abuja for killing a male friend.
Justice of the Supreme Court Francis Tabai, who delivered the lead judgment, held that the actress was charged with culpable homicide of the deceased by drugging Ibrahim with a sweet, before drowning him in a dam in Kano in 2002. According to the prosecutor, the offence is contrary to section 221(b) of the Penal Code.
As reported by BBC News, Ismail who was not present in the court but represented by her lawyer, Mr. Taiwo Taiwo when the ruling was made is a very popular actress mostly known for Hausa role in the Kano filmed industry known as Kannywood (Hausa-language version of Nollywood).
Speaking with veteran Nollywood actor and President of the Actor’s Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Segun Arinze with journalist through a telephone conversation, he said ‘what can one say, she has been found guilty. However i would have loved to see a committal to life, a life imprisonment sentence and not death“. “The deed has been done“, he said.
Speaking on whether Rabi Ismail reached out to the AGN, Arinze said ‘Don’t forget the case has been going on since 2002, but she did not at any point reach out to us‘
2 comments:
sorry oh
i didnt know nigeria had death penalty, so sad for her.
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