Fred Amata Emerges DGN President

Top Nollywood actor, Fred Amata, has been elected to lead the Directors Guild of Nigeria, DGN.

Amata defeated his closest rival, Lancelot Imasuen, to clinch the post in an election held on Friday, February 26, 2016.

It was the third time the filmmaker was giving the post a shot.

He polled 48 votes, while Imasuen raked 43 votes. The two other contenders; Kingsley Omoefe and Dickson Iroegbu got 7 and 3 votes respectively.

Dickson had earlier withdrawn from the race, lending his support to Amata. 

The election ends the three days session by the Guild at the Tourist Resort Hotel, Asaba, Delta State. 

Inauguration of the new executive members for the next two years comes up later on Friday.