“It’s so so sad that our joy was shortlived,” said Emeka Rollas, National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), in response to Junior Pope’s passing.
Junior Pope passed suddenly after attempts to revive him failed, he wrote in a statement on his Facebook page on Thursday morning, despite his earlier announcement that he was still alive due to excitement when they noticed the tingle in his fingers.
Two renowned hospitals tried their best to revive him, but to no avail,” he continued. The best is known to God. At last, we lost him.
The body of Mr. Friday has been identified, but the bodies of the other three are still missing.” Emma Onyemeziem, the AGN chairperson for Delta State, corroborated Rollas by confirming that the actor’s body had been placed in a mortuary. Remember that Junior Pope’s body was found by divers on Wednesday afternoon after his boat overturned and he fell into the Anam River in Anambra State?Remember that Junior Pope’s body was found by divers on Wednesday afternoon after his boat overturned and he fell into the Anam River in Anambra State. They were headed to a filming location, according to Peter Chinedu, one of the divers whose bodies were retrieved. But a supporter going by the name of David claimed he was on his way back from a filming site when their boat overturned in the Anam River. The actor had previously uploaded a video of himself and other people travelling to the filming site by boat. He captioned the video, saying, “Watch me moaning.The danger we took yesterday, crossing the River 9ja without a life jacket, in order to amuse you. Who does that, Na wahoo?