Show of Shame:Asiegbu threatens showtime crew

Erstwhile president of the Actors Guild of
Nigeria (AGN)), Mr. Ejike Asiegbu, last
Thursday evening at the celebrity hangout,
O ’Jez, in Surulere, put up a show that was
not only belittling as far as his personality
and career was concerned. Movie watchers
at the venue said it was a deliberate show
of shame to stardom.
Asiegbu, HVP gathered, decided to throw
caution to the wind when he went wild, as
he rained unprintable abuses on our
Entertainment Editor, Mr Ogbonna Amadi
that hateful evening for discharging his
noble duties as a journalist of class.
Ogbonna, after the
day ’s production, had
driven down to the
celebrity hangout to
unwind. Insider source
had it that no sooner
than the repoter
arrived the venue than
he was confronted
with the unexpected.
Sharing the same table
with Ogbonna were
Segun Arinze, Ejike
Asiegbu and a couple
of their friends. Ogbonna was said to have
exchanged pleasantries with Arinze and
made to greet Asiegbu, following Arinze ’s
insistence when he, Asiegbu, like a
wounded lion reacted negatively, cursing
the very day he met the journalist . He was
said to have altered uncomplimentary
words in the cause of letting loose his
indignation and vowed to deal with the
Showtime crew.
Source said Asiegbu’s unjustified reaction
attracted attention from every corner of the
hangout, even as he threatened to rain fire
and brimstone. It was such a show of
shame that one of the celebrities who
witnessed the drama expressed
disappointment that a man of Asiegbu ’s
calibre could throw caution to the wind and
stoop so low in the name of trying to get at
somebody or to attract undue attention to
himself.
Few days back, Asiegbu had embarrassed
one of our female colleagues, Bridget
Amaraegbu at a movie producers ’ event,
held at a hotel in Surulere, where he openly
threatened to deal with all of us on the
Entertainment Desk of Vanguard
Newspapers for championing the cause of
restoring peace and sanity in the troubled
Actors Guild of Nigeria, which was formerly
under his stronghold. His people, some
journalists said, should call him to order.