Friday 25 July 2014

AGN Presidency Brouhaha: Ibinabo Blasts Mr. Ibu, “Shut Up You Have No Education”

President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ibinabo Fiberesima has
responded to comic-actor, John Okafor’s comments that she should not re-
contest because of her alleged mismanagement of funds received from
President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ibinabo said that Okafor better known as Mr Ibu is detached from reality
and that, unlike him, she doesn’t beg state government or politicians for
money.
“Which money is he talking about? That is why I said he is detached from
the realities on ground. When we went to visit the President, there was no
money promised to anybody. We didn’t go there to beg for money as Mr.
Ibu is used to doing; we didn’t do that. They push you to the extent that
you say things that you don’t want to. I’m not about money, for once they
should stop and think, see what my team and I have achieved in two
years.”
“Mr. Ibu cannot vote for me, he does not have the power to do that. He
cannot even run for office because he is not a member, and I was
expecting to see the names of the members whom he referred to because I
don’t know them, and I hope they are members of the Guild because we
have actors who are not members.”
She also added that no amount of bad press and false allegations would
hinder her from running for re-election to remain AGN president.
“You should not because of your interest in a name feel you can come out
and talk off point to become relevant. When people say people should
have education, it is for this kind of reason so they will know how to speak
in public.”
“They think running to the press and running me down on Facebook and
others will deter me. No. I was not brought up like that, I’m a very
thorough breed. I will do what I have to do to get to where I am going. It is
the love that I get from people whose lives I have touched that keeps me
going, not those who don’t know where they are going, because every
sentence they make is money, where is the money?”

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