By Amaechi Agbo
The Nigeria movie industry, known as Nollywood, has once again been thrown into deep mourning following the death of talented actor, Junior Pope on Wednesday
The actor died this afternoon while filming in Asaba, Delta State capital.
Report says the actor died when the boat he was travelling on capsized
The boat capsized and he, alongside two others yet to be identified actors, drowned. His body was recovered and rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
Pope’s death is coming following the death of John Okafor (Mr Ibu) and Amaechi Muonagor last month.
His last post on Instagram was a video of himself on a boat. He wrote as the caption of the post: “The risk we take to entertain you ; crossing river 9ja yesterday with no life jacket”
Junior Pope, among others, drowned and was confirmed dead at Marine Cable Point in Asaba during a movie shoot.
The Delta State Chairman of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Emma Onyemeziem, confirmed t that the corpse had been deposited in the morgue.
Junior Pope is survived by a wife and three children.
