In a chat with Saturday Beats, the actor said that although he has nothing to
do with Ibinabo’s predicament, the actress could bag another jail term because
of contempt of court.
He said,
“My
victory at the court has nothing to do with Ibinabo’s predicament. This case is
different and if Ibinabo is going to go to jail for my own case, they should
come and beg me. Instead of them to come and beg me, they are still going to
the press to say all sorts of rubbish about me. There is still a second jail
term for Ibinabo. It is called contempt of court and it would also include
Segun Arinze. People have threatened to kill me but I am not scared of them. I
am waiting for them and I would look them in the face and tell them that they
are evil and I am righteous.
I
did not take the issue to the police but straight to the court and I am happy
that justice has been served. Anyone that ties Ibinabo’s plight to my victory
is only trying to blackmail me and I know they would not stop blackmailing me.
How can anyone say that I sent Ibinabo to jail? Am I the Giwa family or the
government?”
The actor said he feels bad about Ibinabo’s situation but it could
have been prevented if the actress was more remorseful over the death of Dr.
Giwa, the young man who was knocked down by the actress over a decade ago. Ike
said it was unfortunate that the actress surrounded herself with sycophants who
led her to jail.
“How
can I be happy that Ibinabo has been sentenced to jail? I feel very bad. The
people saying that I am happy about the sentence are actually Ibinabo’s
enemies. This is a lady that was used because of the powers she could garner
and control. Some people were using her and now that they have messed her up,
they are still using her in prison. Ibinabo would never say that Emeka Ike sent
her to jail, it is impossible because she knows why she is there. What I was
only telling Nigerians is that people of Ibinabo’s status do not contest for
any public office. Should we stop telling the truth? She had a criminal issue
in court.
Let’s
leave sentiments, we have to be realistic. I cannot be happy about her
predicament because it is rather unfortunate that she is surrounded by the
wrong people and advisers; she was surrounded by sycophants. Instead of them to
tell her how to solve her problem, they were pushing her to jail and now that
she is in jail, they will not leave her alone. Why did they not advise her to
form a team and go to Giwa’s family house and roll on the floor for
forgiveness? They could have sent her away for days but they would not send her
away forever. We are a cultural people, I am sure that after going repeatedly,
an elder in the family would plead on her behalf and say something like, ‘our
son is dead and nothing can bring him back, let us just forgive her.’ She
should have been very remorseful but she wasn’t. We told Nigerians that some of
us would not agree but they began to call us names because we took the matter
to court,” he said.
Culled from PUNCH
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