Crystabel Goddy has finally opened up on what happened between her and Ibinabo Fiberesima.
. “I never had a relationship with the Actors Guild of Nigeria and I
still don’t. I was very surprised when I heard that I had been banned by
AGN. I’m not a member of the guild, so how could I have been banned by
them? Even if I am a member of the guild, the ideal thing would have
been to hear my side of the story before taking a decision. After all,
it was a case of two people fighting. The fact that someone plays the
victim doesn’t mean she’s innocent. And this is similar to what happened
to the four UNIPORT students who were gruesomely murdered in Aluu
community. The person who raised the alarm that they were thieves was
actually the guilty one. But it seems justice in Nigeria has to do with
who you know,” she said.
“Even when the storm was raging, some directors called me and told me to
ignore Ibinabo that they would continue giving me jobs. However, I
still went to meet Ibinabo with my lawyer. When she heard my side of the
story, she told me that even she couldn’t put up with Princess’
overbearing attitude. She said that if she was the one, she may have
even reacted more. She later took me to meet some of the trustees of AGN
and they promised that they were going to lift the ban. Based on legal
advice, I was told to remain silent about the whole issue but I now
think that was a mistake because I’m not someone who backs down easily.”
“When Ibinabo was pronounced guilty by the court for her murder case; I
granted an interview that she was probably suffering from the
consequence of placing an underserved ban on me. Grace Ama then came out
to utter some gibberish. I have no problem with anybody for standing up
for their friends but do it in truth. Grace didn’t even have all the
facts of the case before coming out to say all she said. The reaction
from Nigerians also made me know that people are gullible and nobody
really cares about you. But even though they tried to put me down, I
will still rise because I’m a survivor. I’m also thankful to the faction
of AGN that was sensible enough to lift the ban. I have never met Emeka
Ike but I’m glad that he was considerate enough to do the right thing.”
On her relationship with Chineke at the moment:
“I don’t know what has become of her. I tried to apologise to her
regardless of the fact that she also inflicted injuries on me. She also
caused me a lot of emotional pain but she refused to accept my apology.
My mum spoke with her mother but they remained adamant. She took me to
court and the case is still on. The magistrate also asked her if she was
going to forgive me if I apologised and she said she wouldn’t.
Friendship is a two-way street and I would rather watch my back than
force friendship. Someone who can put you out thinking they can break
you because they see a promising career ahead of you is capable of
anything. Playing the victim to gain sympathy from gullible people over a
fight she played a major role in also inflicting scars on me is evil.
Anyway, I thank God for how the case is going and there have been only
few cases of great folks who did not face litigation. Even despite the
ban, though the jobs were slow, but here I am. The jobs that didn’t come
were certainly the ones that I didn’t need.”