- The Actors Guild of Nigeria has dismissed rumors that its National President, Emeka Rollas, was arrested and detained by police in Umuahia, Abia State.
- It was claimed that Rollas was arrested over the weekend for his supposed involvement in placing an unelected chairman in charge of the AGN’s Abia State chapter.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has dismissed rumors that its National President, Emeka Rollas, was arrested and detained by police in Umuahia, Abia State.
It was claimed that Rollas was arrested over the weekend for his supposed involvement in placing an unelected chairman in charge of the AGN’s Abia State chapter.
In a statement from spokesman Cornel Udofia, the AGN dismissed the reports of an arrest as untrue and damaging.
It was noted that the national president had gone to the police station to file complaints. It read:
“Our attention has been drawn to news making the rounds in local Abia blogs claiming that the AGN National President Dr Ejezie Emeka Rollas ,MON was arrested and detained by the police in Umuahia.
“Ordinarily these blogs do not deserve this refutal but for the benefit of teeming supporters of our National President who has been doing a great job and for the records.
“Since 2024 a set of disgruntled elements, led by one David Amalaha, hijacked the Abia AGN by conducting an illegal and kangaroo election without the consent of the National body as enshrined in the AGN constitution.
“As a result, the Guild in Abia has been led by different Interim government pending when the matter in court would have been over.
“Recently Mr Emmanuel Ehumadu aka Labista was appointed as the new Interim Chairman of the Abia State Chapter, on January 9th 2025 was his first meeting.”
Following his mother-in-law’s death, Rollas was in Abia. He decided to participate in the state chapter meeting to encourage everyone to join in.
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