**Caretaker C’ttee Takes Over Guild
**Ibinabo, Emeka Ike Removed
**No, They Cannot Remove Ibinabo—BoT Chairman
Just when many thought the crisis rocking the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, was almost getting over, the latest development seems to show otherwise.
On Thursday, June 9, 2016, a meeting of Chairmen of state chapters of the guild led by Agility Onwurah and stakeholders was held at the Upcountry Hotel in Akwa, Anambra State, with a view to finding a lasting solution to crisis in the actor’s body.
At the meeting attended by several notable names in the movie industry in Nigeria, a caretaker committee was set up to take over the affairs of the guild.
According to what Aproko247 gathered, the Akwa meeting was also organised to discuss Emeka Ike, who has often paraded himself as President of AGN relying on a court judgement of March 25 that ordered status quo be maintained, though the ruling has reportedly been appealed.
The provisions of the judgment were extensively deliberated upon by all taking special cognizance of the paragraph four which states that the 1st and 2nd defendant should surrender all paraphernalia of their offices to the guild.
At the end of plenary and after meticulous deliberation of issues in the subsisting structure, the entire house condemned all forms of crisis, animosity and unwholesome attitude towards the growth of the association.
They called on all the aggrieved members to sheet their swords and work towards the national unity of the guild and urged the parties involved to recognize and respect each other’s right of self determination in the pursuit of a better and stronger association as it relates the election of their executives without fear or favour.
At the meeting, Steve Eboh was appointed as Chairman of the 11-man caretaker committee and they were mandated to take up the leadership of the guild, retrieve all relevant documents, properties and or/materials belonging to the guild in line with paragraph four of the court judgment.
Also, they were told to provide good platform for reconciliation of aggrieved members and ensure peace and reach out to sister guilds for good alliance, conduct a credible election into national offices.
The committee was given three months to carry out the activities.
Other members of the committee are Hakeem Rhaman (Vice Chairman), Renell Badejo (Secretary),
Bob Emmanuel Udokwu (Adviser), Ochendo Mc Smith (PRO), Rita Tony Edochie, Ernest Obi, Vitalis Ndubisi, Zenith Abubarka, Rita Daniels and Edith Irabor.
But Chairman of AGN Board of Trustees, BoT, Prince Ifeanyi Dikeh, when contacted by Aproko247 on Friday on the issue, said the BoT is not in approval of the resolutions reached at the said meeting.
According to him, Ibinabo Fiberesima is still the President of AGN.
He told Aproko247 that though he was aware of the said meeting, but the resolutions reached were never presented to the Board for ratification as he would have expected.
Ifeanyi Dikeh pointed out that according to the guild’s constitution, stakeholders cannot remove elected officials of AGN, let alone the President.
Meanwhile, efforts by Aproko247 to speak with Emeka Ike on the issue were unsuccessful as his phone number known to us was not going through when we tried calling.
