AGN President, Emeka Rollas Gives Update On Actor, Junior Pope’s Death: ‘I Was With His Mother Yesterday…’
President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has given an update on the controversies surrounding the death of actor and dad of three, Junior Pope.
Recall that the late actor drowned in a river in Anam, Anambra state and later died on April 10 along with four other crew members while commuting for Adanam Luke’s next film “The Other Side of Life”.
In a recent interview, Mr Emeka revealed that he visited Junior Pope’s Cameroonian mother yesterday as he also discussed her surprise that her son drowned.
According to Emeka, the mother of late actor believes her son was murdered. The AGN President went further to clear the air on some of the controversies surrounding Pope’s tragic and untimely death.
He revealed that CPR was conducted on Junior Pope after he was brought out of the water after four hours, but he didn’t make it.
He said;
“I was with his mother yesterday, and all the rumours online are making her feel that her son was killed. I had to let her know that I was also supposed to be in the boat.
“Anybody that said they didn’t perform CPR on Jnr Pope is a liar. He was brought out dead after spending over 4 hours under the water.”
However, the family of the deceased has announced burial arrangements for the late Nollywood actor.
According to the obituary, which emerged online on Friday, Junior Pope’s burial arrangement began on April 23 with a requiem mass at Saint John-Mary Vianney Parish in Delta State.
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The flyer, which was signed by Divine Odonwodo on behalf of the family, revealed that another requiem mass will be held at Christ the King Catholic Parish, G.R.A, Enugu, on May 13.
An evening of tributes and candlelight will follow at Amadeo Event Centre in Enugu on May 14. There will be a wake at his home town in Uwala Abaka, Ukehe, on May 16.
The 43-year-old will then be laid to rest on Friday, May 17, after a burial mass at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Ukehe. Interment will follow immediately, according to the flyer.
The burial will end with a thanksgiving mass at the Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Ukehe, on May 20.
