Actors Guild Of Nigeria Debunks Arrest, Detention Of Its National President
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Actors Guild Of Nigeria (AGN) has debunked media report of the arrest and detention of its National President, Dr Ejezie Emeka Rollas by the police in Umuahia, Abia State.
Disputing the arrest, Presidential Spokesman of AGN, Cornel Udofia in a statement made available to NewsRangers maintained that AGN National President was never arrested and detained as claimed in the report by local Abia blogs, stressing that the report was a figment of imagination of the writer calculated to embarrass and disrespect the Nigeria Police Force.
He argued that ordinarily these blogs do not deserve the rebuttal, but for the benefit of teeming supporters of their National President who has been doing a great job and for the records
“Our attention has been drawn to news making the rounds in local Abia blogs claiming that the AGN National President Dr Ejezie Emeka Rollas MON was arrested and detained by the police in Umuahia., Abia State.
“Ordinarily these blogs do not deserve this refutal but for the benefit of teeming supporters of our National President who has been doing a great job and for the records.
“Fot those of you who have followed the AGN story in Abia it would be recalled that since 2024 a set of disgruntled elements led by one David Amalaha hijacked the Abia AGN by conducting an illegal and kangaroo election without the consent of the National body as enshrined in the AGN constitution. As a result, the Guild in Abia has been led by different Interim government pending when the matter in court would have been over.
“Recently Mr Emmanuel Ehumadu aka Labista was appointed as the new Interim Chairman of the Abia State Chapter. January 9th 2025 was his first meeting and luckily the National President was around in the State due to the death of his mother-in-law so he attended the meeting to encourage participation of all members.
“After his speech where he reeled out the National programs for 2025 somebody among the crowd raised up his hands to speak and he was given audience only for him to begin to rain abuses to the national body, issuing threats.
“At that point the national president sent a distress call to the AIG zone 9 who intervened and the boys were invited by the police for questioning and the meeting continued. At the end of the meeting the National President went to the zone 9 Umuahia and made an official entry of threat to life.
“The National President was never arrested and detained as claimed in the report.
It is a figment of imagination of the writer calculated to embarrass and disrespect the Nigeria Police Force,” the statement read.
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on Jan 13 2025. Filed under Entertainment, National.
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