Ini Edo, a producer and actor in Nollywood, has responded to the passing of her colleague, Junior Pope, also known as Pope Obumneme Odonwodo.
Pope perished when the boat carrying him and the other performers overturned while they were crossing the Niger River for filming.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria, or AGN, forbade actors from working with the film’s producer, Adanma Luke, in the wake of the events that claimed the lives of the actor and three other people.
In an Instagram post, Ini Edo wrote: “Jnr Pope did not have to sacrifice his life for Nollywood to realize the need for a long and much-needed regulatory structure that would safeguard an entire production.
“Yes .. Everyone is a producer now and all are guilty of negligence of some sort.. and this has to stop. This is one sacrifice too many and must count for something … The system has to undergo a total overhaul with practical rules and regulations that caters to everyone in cases of emergencies…. I will never understand why the good ones go so soon.
“Rest on brother … This one cuts really deep.”
