A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday upturned the election of Ibinabo Fiberesima as President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
Delivering his judgement in a suit filed by actor Maradonna Mikevine, the presiding judge, Justice James Tsoho, ruled that the October 2014 election that brought Ibinabo back for second term was against a subsisting court order obtained by actor Emeka Ike in 2013, restraining the AGN from conducting any elections.
Emeka had dragged Ibinabo to court in July 2013 following the constitution of a National Unity government in the AGN, which was led by Segun Arinze who later handed over power to Ibinabo after a disputed election.
Mikevine, who was the national treasurer in the election that produced another popular actor, Emeka Ike, as AGN president, had filed the suit to contest Ibinabo’s election as AGN president.
Mikevine, in his suit, argued that the election that brought Ibinabo into office was conducted in the face of a subsisting court order restraining the conduct of AGN election.
He had urged the court to determine whether it was proper for an election to be conducted in the face of an order to the contrary, and whether anyone could parade himself or herself as AGN executive based on an election conducted against a court order.