Court removes Ibinabo Fiberisima as AGN President

The Federal High Court in Lagos today removed the Ibinabo Fiberisima-led executive of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
Justice John Tsoho declared their election null and void because it was conducted against a clear order of court that parties should maintain status quo.

The judge specifically ordered that a comprehensive audit of AGN’s accounts be conducted within 90 days.
An actor, St. Maradona Mikevine, who was the National Treasurer in the election that produced another actor, Emeka Ike as AGN President, had filed the suit to contest Ibinabo’s election.
Mikevine, through his lawyer, Malcom Omirhobo, had contended that the election that brought Ibinabo into office was conducted in the face of a subsisting court order stopping it.
He urged the court to determine whether it was proper for an election to be conducted in the face of a substantive order, and whether anyone could parade themselves as AGN executive based on an election conducted against a court order.
The judge on October 26, 2011, ordered that status quo be maintained.
In an earlier suit, Emeka Ike had challenged the formation of an illegal government known as “National Unity”, to run AGN’s affairs.