Emeka Ike is speaking even though his counterpart Ibinabo Fiberesima
is in jail and he is now assumed to be the new AGN president. The actor
said, he has always told people the AGN seat wasn’t fit for Ibinabo
because she had a criminal case in court, but people wouldn’t listen to
him. He went as far as saying, the actress might even be jailed a second
time in his own case and clarified that he has no hand in her current
sentence. He said this and more to Saturday Beats;
Speaking on his alleged victory in court after Ibinabo was sentenced,
Emeka said; “My victory at the court has nothing to do with Ibinabo’s
predicament. This case is different and if Ibinabo is going to go to
jail for my own case, they should come and beg me. Instead of them to
come and beg me, they are still going to the press to say all sorts of
rubbish about me.
There is still a second jail term for Ibinabo. It is called contempt of court and it would also include Segun Arinze.
People have threatened to kill me but I am not scared of them. I am
waiting for them and I would look them in the face and tell them that
they are evil and I am righteous. I did not take the issue to the police
but straight to the court and I am happy that justice has been served.
Anyone that ties Ibinabo’s plight to my victory is only trying to
blackmail me and I know they would not stop blackmailing me.
How can anyone say that I sent Ibinabo to jail? Am I the Giwa family or the government?”
Speaking on Ibinabo’s sentence to jail, Emeka said;
“How can I be happy that Ibinabo has been sentenced to jail? I feel
very bad. The people saying that I am happy about the sentence are
actually Ibinabo’s enemies. This is a lady that was used because of the
powers she could garner and control.
Some people were using her and now that they have messed her up, they are still using her in prison.
Ibinabo would never say that Emeka Ike sent her to jail, it is
impossible because she knows why she is there. What I was only telling
Nigerians is that people of Ibinabo’s status do not contest for any
public office. Should we stop telling the truth? She had a criminal
issue in court. Let’s leave sentiments, we have to be realistic. I
cannot be happy about her predicament because it is rather unfortunate
that she is surrounded by the wrong people and advisers; she was
surrounded by sycophants. Instead of them to tell her how to solve her
problem, they were pushing her to jail and now that she is in jail, they
will not leave her alone.
Why did they not advise her to form a team and go to Giwa’s family
house and roll on the floor for forgiveness? They could have sent her
away for days but they would not send her away forever. We are a
cultural people, I am sure that after going repeatedly, an elder in the
family would plead on her behalf and say something like, ‘our son is
dead and nothing can bring him back, let us just forgive her.’
She should have been very remorseful but she wasn’t. We told
Nigerians that some of us would not agree but they began to call us
names because we took the matter to court,” he said.
However, when Saturday Beats contacted the Public Relations Officer
of the Ibinabo-led AGN, Moji Oyetayo; she said that the case did not
involve Emeka Ike neither did the judgement validate him as the
President of AGN.
She added that the guild intends to keep quiet over the present situation of Ibinabo because they believe she will be out soon.
“The statement making rounds purportedly issued by one Femi Durojaiye
who claims to be the National Secretary of the Actors Guild of Nigeria
is a misinterpretation of justice and is capable of causing chaos in our
noble Guild. Our application for stay of execution in the judgement for
the case between St. Maradona and AGN at the Federal High Court Lagos
was dismissed yesterday. It has nothing to do with Emeka Ike and his
cohorts.
It’s a complete misinformation and distortion of facts, borne out of
desperation to cause confusion in the Guild. There is an appeal on the
same judgement pending at the appeal court and we have up to 30days to
file another motion for the stay of execution as granted by the Federal
High Court. Our application was not dismissed for lack of merit but as a
result of some mistakes in the filing process.
Why all the hues and cries? People should not be too desperate for
power without being sensitive to the mood of the Guild members who are
in prayer mood praying fervently for God’s intervention over the unjust
predicament of President Ibinabo Fiberesima.
After all, we are professional actors and not politicians. The
struggle to lay claim to power at all cost is tarnishing our
reputation,” she said.
