Nollywood Actor, Junior Pope Confirmed Dead!

Posted on April 11, 2024

Nollywood actor, Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, has been confirmed dead after efforts to resuscitate him failed following a boat mishap while the actor and the rest of the movie crew were returning from a location.

The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed the ugly development.

He said, “It’s so so sad that our joy was shortlived. My first post was out of excitement when we noticed his tingling fingers. Two notable hospitals tried their best to revive him but to no avail. God knows the best”.

“We finally lost him! Mr. Friday’s corpse has been identified but three other corpses are yet to be found.”

Following the ugly incident, which took place on Wednesday, the Actors Guild of Nigeria has suspended indefinitely acting involving riverine area and boat riding. The AGN equally barred Actors from featuring in any movie to be produced by Adanma Luke.

Adanma is the producer of the movie that the actor, Junior Pope, was featuring in before his untimely death

Late Junior Pope and four other crew members were riding in a boat leaving the movie location when they were involved in an accident on Wednesday, 10th April, 2024.