The body of Nollywood actors known as the Actors Guild
of Nigeria (AGN) is racking up more controversy than necessary as actor Emeka
Ike has described as a fraud the just concluded elections of the guild
that propped up former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima as its first
female president.
Emeka Ike who has always been at war with members of the
guild, is also notorious for his battle with immediate past AGN president Segun
Arinze, which saw the end of Segun’s tenure after a botched election in Benin
in April 2012.
Now the
rabble rouser is at it again and this time the newly sworn president of the
AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, is his target. Emeka Ike is telling all who care to
listen that she cannot be president of the guild.
Ike was
alleged to have carried out the arrest the Vice Chairman of the AGN’s BOT
(Board of Trustees), Emma Oguguah, who was taken to Zone 2 police
headquarters in Lagos.
Speaking
to the Vanguard he said, ‘I stormed the venue to arrest Emma
Agugua because he was conducting an illegal election. I have a case in court
against the leadership of the Guild, until the matter is determined, nobody has
the right to conduct any election under the law.’
A Source
revealed that when Ibinabo reached out to Emeka Ike in her capacity as the
guild’s president, in the spirit of reconciliation, the actor questioned
her right to have contested the elections, alleging she had a manslaughter
charge yet to be settled.
It would
be recalled that sometime in 2009, Ibinabo Fiberesima was sentenced to five
years imprisonment for manslaughter, following the death of a medical
doctor, Mr. Suraj Giwa, whom she knocked down while allegedly driving
under the influence of alcohol at the time. She was remanded in Kirikiri
prisons and the case lingered for sometime before she was let off the hook.
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