Contrary to claims by actor, Emeka Ike that he won his case
against the Board of Trustees of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, the BOT has
categorically stated that Ike did not get judgment or victory against them.
This was made known by Prince Ifeanyi Dike, Chairman, BOT
Actors Guild of Nigeria at the office of the guild in Surulere on Wednesday. He
said: “His case, Suite No FHC/L/CS/365/2011 is still pending before Honourable
Justice Tsoho of the Federal High Court Lagos. It has been adjourned to Thursday
16th April, 2015 for hearing of the objection filed by Emeka Ike against the
appearance of our new counsel in the matter. If his case is still pending in
court, how can the same court declare him to be the President without deciding
the matter finally? This is the central issue for the resolution of that case.
"The truth is that another case filed by St. Maradona
Mikevine Johnson v. Board of Trustees of the AGN, Suit No FHC/L/CS/734/2013 was
decided by the court on March 16, 2015. In that case, the court ruled among
other things that the term of office of the members of the BOT has expired. We
have since appealed against that decision. One of the planks of our complaint
is that the members of the BOT whose tenure was declared to have expired were
not made parties to that action. Apart from appealing we have filed motion for
stay of execution. The implication of filing stay is that the court judgement
has not become operative until the motion for stay is decided either in our
favour or against us."
Dike who was in company of Sunny McDon, BOT Secretary and
Nnaemeka Anaechina, Counsel to the BOT contended that with the pendency of the
application for stay of execution that the BOT has filed, Ike or anybody else
who got judgement cannot execute same until that application is decided.
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