Nollywood actor Junior Pope alia Jnr Pope dies at 39 years.

Popular Nigerian actor Junior Pope Odonwodo aka Jnr Pope was confirmed dead hours after allegedly being involved in a boat accident.

His death was confirmed by Emeka Rollas, the national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).

According to Rollas, the late Junior Pope was rushed to two notable hospitals after the drowning incident but all was in vain.

“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 corpse has been identified but three other corpses are yet to be found,” Emeka Rollas

Prior to getting confirmation, there was a lot of confusion surrounding the status of Junior Pope Odonwodo, also known as Jnr Pope. 

Reports from various media houses in Nigeria on Wednesday suggested that the actor had drowned while filming in River Niger.

However, contradicting information surfaced online after Emeka Rollas, the national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), announced late on Wednesday that the actor was responding to medical treatment. Later, he retracted his statement and confirmed that Jnr Pope had passed away.

The tragic incident happened hours after Jnr Pope shared a video while on a boat, begging the captain to be careful as he navigates the waters.

“See me lamenting……The risk we take to entertain you; crossing river 9ja yesterday with no life jacket…… Na wahoooooo …. Who does that ??,” Jnr Pope captioned the video.

In the video in question, he could be heard warning the man in control of his boat to please take it easy moments before his boat allegedly capsized.

“I have 3 kids na me go raise them, Na only me my mama born oh… “Make una see di risk wey we dey take to entertain una. I dey River Niger, I dey beg di captain say I be di only pikin for my family and I get three pikin wey I go raise,” he said in part.

Two other yet-to-be-identified members of the film’s production team also reportedly drowned, but there’s no update about them yet.

By the time of publishing this article, it’s not yet clear if the actor is still alive or not but we will keep you updated.

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