In the article, it reports about a famous Nollywood (Nigeria's film industry) movie star, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who was convicted of drunk driving and reckless driving that lead to her hitting and killing a man in 2005. The controversy mentioned in the report is the failure to actually retain and put her in jail. Fiberesima has escaped the jail time by paying a $678 fine which has been called 'judicial recklessness' by the High Court. Judge Olumwayemi is among those that believe that Fiberesima should be in jail while filing her appeal of her five year sentence and has said "There are so many innocent persons in prisons awaiting trial while a convicted person is allowed to work about freely." Some officials are also concerned that this situation is giving other Nigerians that just because one has enough money or connections in the society, that one can ignore the court's ruling.
The report relates to what we study in class by demonstrating the legal system and some corruption with avoiding jail time by paying money or having connections, when an average person would not have the same opportunity. Also, with people like Judge Olumwayemi speaking up against this it displays public accountability of the government to provide equal rule to every one.
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