The beef between these two women is obviously not ending anytime soon.
About a week after Actors' Guild of Nigeria president Ibinabo Fiberesima
issued a statement addressing the constant attack from actress Clarion
Chukwura, saying she was only trying to destabilize AGN, Clarion is not
relenting and has fired back. In an interview with
Punch today, Clarion said Ibinabo is an ex-convict and therefore not fit to lead AGN.
“I am not on the same level with Ibinabo professionally,
educationally or in any other form. I find that she is deliberately
misleading the public and wanting to push the issues at stake under the
table with her so-called open letter. I will not allow her to do that.
“Item ‘U’ of the electoral guideline of AGN disqualified her. No
convicted person can stand for election in any post. She was convicted
for manslaughter and she was given a jail sentence which she served.
There is a court injunction stopping Ibinabo from parading herself as
the AGN president. This is the copy of the judgment. I have it.
Manslaughter has no option of fine. Her sentence was reduced from seven
years to five years and we all know she went to jail. The judgment reads
in part, ‘there is proof that she drove recklessly and caused the death
of Dr. Sura Giwa contrary to the road traffic laws of Lagos State.’ She
was drunk. How could this person be the face of AGN?” Continue..
