Emeka Rollas, President of the Actor’s Guild of Nigeria has reacted to the online attack led by Hilda Dokubo against the appointment of Senator Elisha Abbo as a patron of the guild.
In a recent interview, Rollas defended the guild’s decision while loosely accusing Hilda Dokubo and Kate Henshaw of attempting to taint the image of the guild.
Rather than take the issues up on social media, the guild’s president insisted that the aggrieved ladies should have written to the guild expressing their grievances. He added that while social media was no medium of governance for the guild, Dokubo and Henshaw have been of no impact to the guild despite being Nollywood actors for over 20 years.
Rollas also questioned their membership status, stating that he presided over a guild of 2 million members and could not verify if they have been participating members in the last two years.
“She would have written a letter to the guild may be in form of a petition. I am sure the committee that presented his name screened and eventually approved that he be made a national patron to represent the North East zone where he is from. The man in question has not been proven to be a serial woman beater”, Rollas told Plus TV.
In her reaction, Kate Henshaw posted a video on her Instagram page saying Rollas should make the organisation a guild worthy of note.
“You didn’t bother to do your research on the pedigree of the person whom you confer the title on. You are not a president unto yourself.You are a president of an association of whom you said I am not a member of. AGN is not a political group, it is not a club. When there is trouble you people need these faces to help confer legitimacy on your causes, but when it suits you, you go outside to invite people who do not have respect for a fellow human being”, she said.
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Also in a series of tweets, the veteran actress responded to Rollas’ accusation including his questioning of her membership. Henshaw shared letters sent to her via the President’s secretary offering her the conferment of veteran actor of the guild.
@emmyrol, Emeka Rollas Ejezie, you told @PulseNigeria247 that you have to check your register to see if I am a member of the guild?? Really? So who were you writing to?? Should I also bring up other conversations you have had with me?? Why all these with a non member?! pic.twitter.com/EWYEME0TrL
— Kate Henshaw (@HenshawKate) March 17, 2020
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Emeka Rollas is yet to react to Henshaw’s claims as at the time of filing this report.