"Mr. Ibu Is An Illiterate And Ignorant" - Ibinabo Fiberisema

The National President of the Actors' Guild of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima, is not one lady who takes prisoners and has the capability to bite when pushed to the world. Ibinabo whose tenure has been receiving lots of criticism from her colleagues, has responded to the recent virulent attack on her person by fellow actor, John Okafor, Mr. Ibu, who reportedly said that Ibinabo is not fit to continue as the head of the body as she has misappropriated funds and ran the office like a personal property.

Apart from Mr. Ibu, the likes of veteran actress, Clarion Chukwurah, have been taking Ibinabo to the cleaners with her style of leadership, and with her declaration that she is going to contest again, there has been lots of calls for her to step down, with Mr. Ibu categorically stating that the industry has had enough of her and she should not think of coming back.

This is how Ibinabo put her anger at Mr. Ibu's words:

Which money is he (Mr. Ibu) talking about? That is why I said he is detached from the realities on ground. When we went to visit the President, there was no money promised to anybody.

We didn’t go there to beg for money as Mr. Ibu is used to doing; we didn’t do that. They push you to the extent that you say things that you don’t want to. I’m not about money, for once they should stop and think, see what my team and I have achieved in two years.

Replying Mr. Ibu would be trading intelligence with ignorance and I don’t think I have that time. If he attacks me the way he did, it clearly shows that he is completely detached from the reality, because he complained about things that we have achieved long ago, which shows that he is not part of the Guild.

Mr. Ibu cannot vote for me, he does not have the power to do that. He cannot even run for office because he is not a member, and I was expecting to see the names of the members whom he referred to because I don’t know them, and I hope they are members of the Guild because we have actors who are not members.

You should not because of your interest in a name feel you can come out and talk off point to become relevant. When people say people should have education, it is for this kind of reason so they will know how to speak in public.

They think running to the press and running me down on Facebook and others will deter me. No. I was not brought up like that, I’m a very thorough breed. I will do what I have to do to get to where I am going. It is the love that I get from people whose lives I have touched that keeps me going, not those who don’t know where they are going, because every sentence they make is money, where is the money?