Some aggrieved members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, stormed the venue of a gathering convened by the Nationwide President of AGN, Emeka Rollas, and disrupted it on Thursday.
It took the intervention of the Zone 9 Command of the Nigeria Police Power, Umuahia, to cease the occasion from turning violent.
The aggrieved members, who had been protesting in opposition to the Nationwide President, mentioned they had been on the assembly to protest what they described as an unlawful gathering.
They demanded that David Onyebuchi Amalaha, who was elected as chairman of the Abia State chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria on Could 20, 2023, in Umuahia, be recognised by the Nationwide President, Emeka Rollas.
In line with them, AGN has witnessed a number of litigation instituted within the state by David Onyebuchi Amalaha in an effort to cease the alleged imposition of management by the nationwide physique.
A number of the involved AGN members, together with Chika Okezie, Egwuatu Daniel, and Nathaniel Nwoko, who spoke concerning the disrupted assembly, mentioned the Nationwide President was inflicting crises and division amongst AGN members by imposing 5 interim state chairmen since 2023, amongst different allegations.
Confirming the event to DAILY POST on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer of Zone 9 Command Umuahia, SP Iheanetu Bruno Chukwudera, mentioned it was the intervention of the Zone 9 Command that stopped what may have been a violent state of affairs.
He disclosed that the AGN Nationwide President, Emeka Rollas, and the leaders of the aggrieved occasion weren’t arrested by the police however had been solely invited by the Assistant Inspector Basic of Police, Zone 9, to jot down statements.
“There was truly chaos attributable to some aggrieved members. No one was arrested by the Police. They’ve a factional management downside. The important thing actors within the chaos had been invited by the AIG and made to jot down statements primarily based on what occurred in the course of the assembly,” he mentioned.
