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John Okafor, a.k.a Mr Ibu

AGN: Ibinabo not fit for second term-Mr Ibu
 
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Wed, 9 Jul 2014   ||   Nigeria,
 

Comic actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu has stated that incumbent president of Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima is unfit to lead the guild and should drop her ambition of running for a second term.

According to him, about 90% of the association members do not want her as their leader, with many court cases being instituted against her. He accused her of gunning for a second term for personal benefits.

“Going for a second term is making the anger in people expand. It is better for her not to come again. She should leave the office and allow another person to try. No progress at all. As I speak with you, Ibinabo has about two to three court cases. We are tired, we want another person. We should try a new person, let’s see what he or she would do. About 90% of the people she is ruling say no, but she insisted. Why? Because she is gaining something” he told a weekly magazine.

On his assessment of the movie industry since Ibinabo took over, he said

“If I should talk about the movie industry you would make me shout because the industry is giving me headache. I am not happy at all. I believe we are matured enough to be independent. As big as AGN is we don’t have a national headquarters, I mean a film village. Go to other countries in Africa, they have most of these facilities but we have not been able to achieve these because of greed. All the money promised by President Jonathan and other state Government, what have they done with it? Whether it has been collected or not we don’t know. It is very painful considering the number of years we have been in existence” he said

 

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