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Members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Abia State Chapter have urged the organization's national leadership to enable actors to coexist peacefully.
The AGN members, who made the demand in Umuahia during their monthly meeting, claimed that Emeka Rollas, the National President of the AGN, was inciting a crisis in the Abia AGN.
The aggrieved actors, who included Nathaniel Nwoko, Daniel Egwu, and Chukwuemeka Onyekwere, the Public Relations Officer of Abia AGN, stated that Mr David Amalaha, who was legitimately elected as Abia State Chairman in May 2023, had not been recognized by the AGN President, Emeka Rollas.
Rather, they alleged that the President appointed Dorris Ogala as interim Chairman of the Abia AGN executive, despite the fact that the executive is legitimately elected and led by David Amalaha.
The Abia actors claimed that the National President had incited a series of crises by writing a petition to the Zone 9 Police Command declaring some AGN members to be Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in the Abia chapter which has been disclaimed in a media publication.
However, the actors claimed that the AGN National office did not recompense relatives of many deceased Abia State actors for their lifetime contributions to the development of Nollywood.
The actors, who said that the David Amalaha-led executive has headed to the High Court, Umuahia, to protect their fundamental human rights, advised the National body of the AGN to allow the court to decide on the matter.
