Following controversies trailing death of popular Nollywood actor, JohnPaul Obumneme Odonwodo also known as Junior Pope and other crew members in the River Niger on their way to a movie location, producer of the movie titled ‘The Other Side of Life’, Adanma Luke has revealed that the deceased actor refused to wear life jacket because it was dirty.
According to Adanma who has been blamed at certain quarters for the lost of lives, said she could have been in the ill-fated boat, if not that she was waiting to hand over memory card to her production manager.
In a series of videos shared on her Instagram page on Saturday, Luke revealed that she was meant to be on the ill-fated boat, but a twist of fate spared her.
Explaining what happened, she said, “On the 10th of April, we lost five of our members who were on their way to a location through boat and had an accident.
“I’ve not been able to make any statements since, because we’ve been trying to recover the bodies. I’ve been providing fuel money to those looking for bodies, provided caskets, ambulance to make sure the bodies were conveyed to their villages and families.
“I’ve not been quiet; I’ve been doing things just so these people can rest. It’s so sad that this happened on my set.”
She expressed remorse, and blamed herself for choosing to shoot the movie in Asaba, Delta State, instead of Lagos.
“I blame myself that I would have been in Lagos doing my thing. I blame myself for coming down to Asaba.
“I was supposed to be on that boat; my production manager was calling me to bring the memory card so they could start filming, and I told him to come and collect it”.
