Emeka Rollas, the national president Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), has confirmed the demise of Junior Pope Odonwodo on his Facebook page on Thursday morning.
In the post on his Facebook page, Rollas expressed sadness saying “It’s so so sad that our joy was shortlived.”
When the news about the death of Pope first broke, Rollas debunked it. He said Junior Pope was alive out of excitement when they noticed the tingling of his fingers. Sadly, he eventually passed away after efforts to revive him failed.
Rollas further said: “Two notable hospitals tried their best to revive him but to no avail. God knows the best. We finally lost him.
Confirming this from another source, Emma Onyemeziem, the Delta State chairman of AGN, said that the corpse of the actor had been deposited in the mortuary.
He added: “Two notable hospitals tried their best to revive him but to no avail. God knows the best. We finally lost him.
The body of Jnr Pope had been recovered and identified, but the bodies of the other three actors have yet to be recovered.
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On Wednesday afternoon divers recovered the body of Junior Pope after falling into Anam River in Anambra State when the boat carrying them capsized.
Peter Chinedu, one of the divers who recovered the actor’s body, said they were on their way to a movie location.
An eyewitness, simply called David, affirmed that the actors were returning from a shooting location when their boat capsized on Anam River.
Earlier, Jnr Pope had shared a video of himself and other actors on the boat as they were sailing to the movie location.
He titled the video: “See me lamenting….The risk we take to entertain you; crossing River 9ja yesterday with no life jacket…. Na wahooooo Who does that ??”
