The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has stated that a movie costumier, Prince Onyenwere accused of r3ping a 10-year-old girl doesn’t belong to AGN.
Emeka Rollas, the president of AGN said this on Instagram.
The costumier was accused of r3ping a child on a movie set in January.
He was then handed over to the police after being assaulted for the purported offense.
Onyenwere was recently freed by police, prompting a wave of outrage on social media.
Rollas addressed the topic in the Instagram comments area when a person questioned why no one was discussing it.
“Hello sir, thank you for this but there is an issue on ground. Why is nobody talking about the case of c_prince and the 10-year-old girl he raped on a movie production set, in Asaba, Delta state?” the user asked.
“They are not members of my Guild please. You guys should stop. We took the guy to police and the little girl’s parents withdrew the case themselves so what should AGN do?” he responded.
The Delta State Police Command recently explained why Onyenwere was released on bail.
According to Bright Edafe, the Delta State Police Command’s public affairs officer, the “mother of the victim compounded the entire case.”.
According to a police official, the mother informed authorities that she and her family had forgiven the accused.
Edafe stated that Onyenwere was freed on “temporary bail” when his family declined to appear.
In other news, Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have criticized the federal administration.
Labour has announced that it will follow through with its 14-day national strike notice issued last Thursday.
This news was revealed during a vital meeting with officials from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, chaired by Minister of State for Labour Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
The labor unions have made it apparent that the government’s sole option for averting the approaching strike is to implement the 15-point accord reached on October 2, 2023.
Despite Minister Onyejeocha’s pleas to labor leaders to reconsider their decision in light of the government’s attempts to satisfy their requests, the unions remain adamant.
A spokesperson from the labor delegation who spoke with Vanguard emphasized the unions’ unyielding attitude, reiterating their willingness to carry out the scheduled strike if essential steps are not implemented.
He said:
“We categorically told the minister and her team that our ultimatum stands. We were emphatic that only the government can stop the strike by honouring the agreement we reached on October 2, 2023.“We cannot say the meeting was a deadlock because it has opened avenue for discussion. If the government had been opened to discussions, probably, we would not have issued the strike notice. As it is, we are not going back on the ultimatum, not with the mass suffering and poverty across the country. Well, the responsibility lies with government.”
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