The
‘confusion mode’ was virtually activated last Monday in the movie industry in
Nigeria generally called Nollywood when Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High
Court in Ikoyi, Lagos ruled that the election that produced Ibinabo Fiberesima
as the President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) in 2012 violated a court
order.
It
was an actor named; St. Maradona Mikevine, who took Ibinabo to court, seeking
the cancelation of Ibinabo’s cabinet because he said the Board of Trustees of
AGN went ahead to conduct the election after the court had ordered it not to do
so.
Justice
Tsoho said that an earlier court judgement had ordered for a status quo ante
before the November 2012 election. After the poll, Segun Arinze handed over to
Ibinabo, who was inaugurated as the first female president of the guild.
But
before then, Segun Arinze and Emeka Ike had been battling a court case over the
AGN presidency.
Emeka
Ike had dragged Segun Arinze to court, seeking to nullify his presidency of the
guild. The matter was stretched even after Segun Arinze left the position for
Ibinabo, a former beauty queen in Nigeria.
However,
First
Weekly observed that going by the ruling, Emeka Ike may not be
president of the guild.
This
is because according to the ruling, a status quo ante was said to be
maintained, which means either Segun Arinze or his predecessor, Ejike Asiegbu,
would return as president of the guild and then later conduct a proper election
to usher in the new president of AGN.
The
latest development came just when ardent followers of the happenings in the
country’s actors’ body thought the feuding factions had embraced peace.
The
Ibinabo administration had effortlessly tried to sell the guild positively to
the public and she was being commended for that.
However,
the last Monday’s judgement, as many see it, may be a major setback for AGN and
more may still unfold in the coming days.
For
now, the camp of Ibinabo has appealed the judgement and has asked for a stay of
execution of the order. Many practitioners have thrown their support for her.
On
the part of Emeka Ike, even though he is seen as a stubborn man, who is bent on
getting power, he still has the support of some people in AGN, who are happy
with the court order.
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