Says AGN has no right to suspend Adanma Luke
Emmanuel Ukudolo I Friday, April 19, 2024
LAGOS, Nigeria – More facts have emerged more than one week after the demise of Junior Pope and four others in a boat mishap in a riverine area in Delta State.
Speaking on Arise News, President Association of Movie Producers, AMP, Queen Blessing Ebigieson said John Paul Odonwodo better known as Junior Pope and four other actors that died in the boat mishap were given life jackets but that they declined to wear them.
In respect of Junior Pope, the AMP President said he declined because he felt that the jacket was dirty, adding that all he could have done was to insist that the life jacket be washed instead of refusing to adorn the jacket.
She said that out of the 12 crew members on board, all the seven that wore the jackets survived the incident.
Ebigieson said the producer of the film, Another Side of Life, Adama Luke was was not there when the boat mishap took place having gone to collect a hard drive but that the production manager was in charge, and that the production manager said Junior Pope refused to wear the jacket. She added that the boat rider ought to have insisted that Junior Pope and others must wear the gear before proceeding on the voyage.
She said a committee has been set up to report to the association in 14 days to enable the association decide on what to do. She said the association could not suspend Adanma Luke who is currently breastfeeding her baby because AMP does not not have safety agreement with filmmakers in the 27 years of existence.
She said that the body is now working on a written code that would be binding on members to enable the association act whenever there is a recurrence.
She however said that AGN has no right to suspend Adanma Luke, who is a member of AMP, adding that she has been over the internet crying and that the association is working on making sure she does not hang herself over the incident.
