Junior Pope Odonwodo, the Nollywood actor, has been confirmed useless — a couple of hours after he was mentioned to have been resuscitated.
The movie star was earlier mentioned to have fallen into the River Niger in Asaba, Delta state on his solution to a film location.
It was gathered he was within the firm of another actors.
“Sure. It occurred at Asaba, River Niger. He had a deadly boat mishap. Sadly, he misplaced his life with 4 others that haven’t been recognized but,” Abubakar Yakubu, the nationwide secretary of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), advised TheCable Way of life on Wednesday.
Just a few hours later, Yakubu mentioned the actor “is alive however in a coma”. He additionally disclosed {that a} medical staff was referred to as to resuscitate Pope.
In response to the AGN secretary, the movie star was receiving remedy within the hospital.
“Sure. He’s alive. God has executed it for us. He was in a coma all this whereas. Fortuitously, when the medical staff referred to as, they mentioned there’s nonetheless life in him and so they resuscitated him,” he mentioned.
“Presently he’s within the hospital now. Receiving additional remedy. I can affirm that he’s alive.”
However on Thursday morning, Emeka Rollas, president of the AGN, confirmed the dying of Pope.
Rollas, who had earlier introduced that he was “alive”, mentioned: “My first put up was out of pleasure after we seen his tingling fingers”.
“It’s so so unhappy that our pleasure was shortlived. My first put up was out of pleasure after we seen his tingling fingers. Two notable hospitals tried their finest to revive him however to no avail. God is aware of the perfect. We lastly misplaced him,” he wrote on Instagram.
Pope earlier shared a video of himself on a ship on his solution to the film location.
“See me lamenting….The danger we take to entertain you; crossing river 9ja yesterday with no life jacket…. Na wahooooo Who does that ??” the actor captioned the Instagram put up.
Pope turned an expert actor in 2006. He often performed the position of a bodyguard, palace attendant, and servant in motion pictures.
In 2007, he gained fame after appearing within the film ‘Secret Adventures’.
He additionally starred in a whole lot of Nollywood motion pictures and gained a number of awards for his craft.
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