Death Of Junior Pope | Search Continues For Three Missing Crew Members

 

Let's now turn our attention to delta state, where the search for the three remaining persons in wednesday bo mishab, that killed popular nollywood actor john paul dundo, has continued as president of the actors guild of nigeria make ras who visited the water side along other colleagues restated the ban on movie shooting in riverine areas till further notice, tvc news senior reporter reports, junor pope, as popularly known and other members of the cast and crew on a movie production. We returning to asaba from a location in anam, anambra state, when the unfortunate incident happened. The nigerian film industry is a mourning, yet again, some actors here on the bank of the marine water side at cable point in asaba waiting for words from the divers who have gone in search of the remaining three persons involved in the accident. Since yesterday it has been a dark cloud till now for us and uh I've not been myself, I've not really slept.

A survivor is also here to narrate what transpired he revealed that he was in the boat with 11 orders. When the accident took place, we got to the middle of the sea and coincident we saw a boot and the boat was about dodging us, and our own flying boat was about dodging to to suddenly we are very close to the boat, which is a keno, a normal cano, not a flying boat like ours. We saw the kuu guy jumping inside the river. We don't have that time.

We don't have that opportunity. We don't have that that luck to dodge it. So, finally, he clamped on top of the small keno, and that was how we all tumble automatically inside the water. National president aros gid of nigeria decries, the inadequate welfare packages, security and safety of actors before going on set we're praying that uh such incident cann not occur again more, especially as the guild has taken further step by first of all, banning everything concerning filming near riverine area till fur, the notice and, of course, the producer of the film being suspended from working with actors uh till further notice, the owner of the movie titled the, other side of life, says search will continue until all the bodies are found. Okay, we've been here since 6 hours, um uh waiting for the tre left to be out but they're not out, but we have sent eight boats out to search for them even up to river niger and um d. We have about eight divers too. The movie industry observe a full day without shooting in honor of those who died in the accident, tvc newsa and for more on the ongoing search.

Tvc news senior reporter ieni joins me on the news: um iena. What more can you tell us, bring us up to speed with the search efforts all right, precious um has been a long day by the rivers side tching and waiting patiently to hear um qu from the divers we've actually recovered. The bodies of the three person still uh not accounted for after the m yesterday the afternoon and, of course, uh. They are just by the side. Everybody waiting and efforts have been intensifi about it. Divers in the water going search and ensuring that go is a a river that a flowing river definitely currents might have taken them far away, so they searching and hopefully from what we hear that by tomorrow we might have a f and um according to what they see they to do some little bit of a ritual there at the river bank for bu and um. A sad moment because has observed no movie was shot in a a h for movie production, and then this time there is dry season. A lot of producers use peri to shoot a lot of movies. But there's nothing like that in around and, of course, other part of the country as directed by the aros of nigeria. But it's a sad situation and for the ar they are taking measures actually amiz there to ensure safety of this person, not just the actors, but also those the cre members who are also victim of this as precious do. We know how long this search is going to continue for and then also bring us up to speed um on on um the demise of uh pope himself. We understand that his body has been deposited in the m. What more can you tell us well earlier this morning, his body was actually taken from the hospital, the last hospital that tried to reate him last night, without success and um morning, body was taken in that hospital and d the mall.

Definitely family has to tell us the barrier. Arrangement um from d the ke president, who was at the riverside this morning, did not actually tell us the plans for the barrier, but we know that keep tab them to ensure that they tell us when he be buried and, of course, um um. What will be done that process, but for now it's a moreful period for the um hollywood, who are yet again mour the loss of one of their shining um s pre. Thank you so much um for that

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