New findings reveal that Nigerian movie actor John Paul Odunodo (aka Junior Pope) did not have a life jacket, contrary to reports on the internet that he was killed in Anambra on April 10 before an accident in a boat on the Annan River that killed him and four others.
Prince Uvo Kevin Oghogho, the chairman of the Association of Nigerian Workers (AGN), which is investigating the disaster, has denied that the actor was given a life jacket by the sailor`s boat.
He said: The late actor did not wear a life jacket. He noted that only two passengers, the director of photography and the music producer, were wearing a life jacket.
“When the accident happened, the operator quickly put on a new life jacket. They used to not giving life jackets to passengers. Tragedy, detailing the events that led to the crisis, said, “The hull boat was transporting the cast and crew of the film produced by Adama Luke from Asaba Marina with accommodation at Ononu Marina. It was 12 o`clock in the morning when they left. At around 03:30 p.m., according to survivors, Little Pope was filming while his colleagues on the boat played pranks on him.
“The sailor took note of the situation as he looked at the place and he went very fast he finally collided with the boat that was crossing the river. "A local fishing boat overturned the boat and all passengers drowned in the Arnhem River, five passengers died instantly and seven were rescued." They killed the Pope`s baby and threw it into the river and said that besides the Pope`s baby, other people were wounded in the nose.
It is said that the doctor on the beach who was in charge of treating the body of General Pope and the other victims, named Juma, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on them at the scene and confirmed that they were both dead. . . He died and his body was later transferred to the gang morgue.
The Oghogho recommended that the Ministry of Transport or the Ministry of Inland Waterways ensure that all passengers wear life jackets before boarding.
“We also need to educate our colleagues about security measures because we like to take risks,” he said. The funeral of the young Pope took place in his home town of Okehe, Nsukka, Igbotiti Local Government Area of Enugu State.
