Emeka ike
The Actors’ Guild of Nigeria is reportedly under fire barely nine months after Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike took over the reins of power.
According to recent reports, all is not well among members of the executive council as the president, Emeka Ike, and the national secretary, Samuel Onibiyo, are at loggerheads.
Sources alleged that an argument had ensued between the national secretary and the president over what has been tagged negligence and constitutional breaches by the president at a church service atttended by the executives in Onitsha.
The end is yet to come to the power tussle between Emeka Ike and Ibinabo Fiberesima over who is the president of AGN. There has been a long court battle between Emeka Ike and Ibinabo Fiberesima-Egbuka over who is the right person to occupy the position of the president of the association.
In a recent interview with Vanguard, Ibinabo declared she is still the president of the association.
She said: “I am still the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria; I cannot leave until my tenure expires. People are just confused with all the lies going around town. Did anyone participate in the election where Emeka Ike contested? He did not contest for the post and if so, how did he emerge the president of the association? That is the only question I ask.
It was further alleged that following the altercation between Ike and Onibiyo in the church, the president had joined forces with the chairman of the Anambra chapter of AGN, Browny, to inflict harm on the national secretary.
According to unconfirmed sources, the Nollywood actor took law into his hands and sacked Onibiyo, who was said to have been injured from the harm caused by the attack on him in Onitsha.
However, sources close to the AGN president denied the allegations terming it as unfounded and baseless attacks to dent the image of Emeka Ike.
Emeka Ike took over the AGN following the court order to terminate the appointment of the guild’s female president, Ibinabo Fiberesima in 2015.
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