The 38-year-old actor, Junior Pope leaves behind his wife and three children.
In a video making waves on social media, Junior Pope was seen before the incident happened, on a boat without a life jacket, begging the captain to go slowly as they maneuver the River Nile.
The Nollywood actor told his followers to see how actors risk their lives to entertain them.
He began to plead with the captain to go slowly as he shouted, “I have three children to raise.”
In the caption, he wrote, “See me lamenting… The risk we take to entertain you; crossing river 9ja yesterday with no life jacket… Na wahoooooo… Who does that ??”
He has acted in Nollywood movies like, “Secret Adventures”, “Eye of the Eagle”, “Bitter Generation”, “Wrong Initiation,” and “Honey Money” among others.
UPDATE: Report coming observes people joyously leaping as reports claim that the Actor Junior Pope is alive.
According to the circulating narrative, he was transported to the mortuary, where the attendants refused to accept him, stating his alleged survival and urging people to revive him. Stay tuned for more report.
