Junior Pope: AGN lifts ban on movie producer, Adanma Luke …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Emeka Rollas, the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), on Saturday lifted the ban on the producer of the ill-fated movie ‘The Other Side of Life’, Adanma Luke, in which Nollywood actor John Paul Odonwodo, aka Junior Pope, and four others died tragically in a boat accident.
Recall, on April 10, 2024, Junior Pope alongside other crew members drowned in Anam River on their way back from the set of Another Side of Life, a movie produced by Adanma Luke.
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Following the actor’ death, AGN suspended the movie producer, Luke and restricted its members from working with the embattled producer until further notice.
However, the AGN National Secretary, Abubakar Yakubu In a statement released today August 3, said the lifting of Adanma Luke’s ban were taken during the guild’s National Executive Council meeting.
The statement reads in part;
“The National President of the Guild, Dr. Ejezie Emeka Rollas, MON, use this opportunity to announce the lifting of the suspension placed on Adanma Luke, producer of the movie ‘Another Side of Life,’ where star actor Junior Pope and four other crew members lost their lives in Anam river.
The President also lifted the ban on filming in riverine areas but cautioned members to apply all safety standard measures recommended in the AGN Bylaws.”
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