Imo State born actor, Emeka Ike who is seen as a controversial one
because of his straightforward reactions on issues in the movie industry
in Nigeria has been involved in a running battle with the body since he
declared his intention to lead the guild, and believes he is the only
one who can rescue what he calls a dying movie industry.
He went on to mention names of people who he feels are ‘ruining’ the
tune of events in the Nigeria movie industry. He was quoted saying:
”There are five people who have taken the laws of Nigerian movie
industry into their hands. They are Emma Ogugua, Murphy Stephen, Sunny
McDon, Okey Bakassi and Ifeanyi Dikeh. These five people registered
Actors Guild of Nigeria as their personal business. No other individual
can come in.”
“My first concern is to clean up Nollywood, clean up AGN. Every
Nigerian youth want to act movies now, what future are we leaving for
them? Where are they going to write their names?”
“The two bedroom in Surulere where they would ask you to come and
grace their beds before they give you roles? Where they would make you
join a gay group or lesbian group before they talk to you?”
“Nollywood has gotten so bad that you must either strip and grace their beds or join the gay or lesbian group to belong.”
“The people at the helm of affairs are the ones killing Nollywood.
Some of us the well-known actors don’t even know their rights. I dare
say it again, they don’t. Nobody can come out to challenge me.”
“We built this industry with pain. Those who are at the helm of
affairs now, people don’t even know them in the movies. They just came
in and messed everything up.”
“Ibinabo has been acting as the president of AGN for years now, but
with her case as an ex-convict, do you have any moral justification to
recognize her as the president? The court case is still on and the war
continues.”
“That wasn’t the industry I founded. My daughter will not to go into
that industry tomorrow and they would say she must sleep with one of
them to get a role. Neither would my son be a part of Nollywood that is
full of immoralities.
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