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Junior Pope: Actor Who Survived Boat Crash Reveals What Happened Before Their Boat Somersaulted [Watch Video]
Nollywood actor, TC Virus was among the survivors of the boat accident that claimed the lives of Junior Pope and other crew members who boarded at Anam River. The deadly incident transpired during the crew’s production of The other side of life.” Human rights activist @stanley_ontop first streamed a live video on Instagram, during which TC Virus went into great detail on both how he survived the crash and what caused it.
While narrating in details, he revealed that he first had a brief interaction with Junior Pope before they boarded the boat. He said that Junior Pope saw him giving some items to the river people and asked why he was doing so, of which he responded by stating that he was doing it for his safety in the boat. He alleged that their boat got into a crash because their boat guy was distracted and inexperienced to handle their situation. On the side of Junior Pope, he revealed that the late actor was taking a video with his phone at the last moment before the Incident. He also stated that he had initially warned them to put their phones in their pockets before the boat capsized.
He said: “They were making a video, so I asked everyone to keep their phones in their pockets. The DOP and director were putting on a life jackets, only both of them were putting on a life jacket. “As we were going, the boat guy was putting on earpiece and was playing music while Junior Pope was doing video. So the boat guy was focusing on his head to come out in the video, and I was in the front when I saw a fishing canoe heading our way and I warned him of the impending danger. *If the boat driver had an experience, he would have avoided the canoe, but he didn’t have experience. He collided with the last point of the canoe and our boat somersaulted. But because i was grabbing the rope used in holding off the boat, I was able to hang on to it and stay afloat. I didn’t know how to swim, I ve never entered a swimming pool, it was the rope that saved me.
Acting along riversides or near boats
has been prohibited, according to a recent statement issued by the president of the Actor’s Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas. In honor of the people who perished in the crash, he also proclaimed April 11th to be a day when no movies would be shot nationwide.
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