Actress Uche Ogbodo has drummed support for her colleague Adanma Luke, saying that she did not cause the boat accident that killed Junior Pope and others.
Junior Pope was confirmed dead on Wednesday night after several attempts to resuscitate him failed. The actor alongside other crew members drowned in the River Niger area on their way back from the set of Another Side of Life, a movie produced by Adanma Luke.
Following the circumstances surrounding their deaths, many blamed and accused Adanma of negligence, asking her to take responsibility for the tragic incident as they claimed she did not provide life jackets for her crew members.
However, after sharing her side of the story on Saturday, Uche Ogbodo in an Instagram post, begged the public to forgive the movie producer as she was only a “victim of circumstance”.
She wrote: “STAND STRONG MY DEAR FRIEND @adanmaluke . GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH. To all the people Calling on the Police to Arrest this woman, pls What exactly is her Crime?
“She is just a young woman hustling hard to stay above water. To help her family.
“ADANMA DID NOT CAUSE THE ACCIDENT! She even Risked her Own life, I saw where she entered the boat without a Life Jacket too. It could have been her boat also that crashed.
“She was only a Victim of Circumstance by Being the Producer of the job where we Lost own Star Boy . A Legend @jnrpope and Other Crew members May his and their Gentle Souls Rest In Perfect Peace Amen 😭🙏🏽 .
“BELIEVE ME MOST PRODUCERS IN NIGERIA HAVE TAKEN THIS TYPE OF RISK BEFORE.
“Let’s not forget Ada is a Mother also, so she knows and appreciates other people’s Children, She Adopted 3 Children she is Raising as a Single woman plus her newborn Son Ife. She is a Daughter, a Sister, a Friend to Me, to Jnr Pope and to Many others.
She is a Very Kind Person. She would Never Wish what happened to Jnr Pope On anyone. Pls, you people should leave her alone!
She hasn’t been herself ever since the accident and hasn’t been able to nurture her 3 months old baby ever since the accident. Nigerians Please Forgive Her, she meant Well when she gave Jnr the Job and paid him . This was just an unfortunate accident that has Broken All our Hearts.
“Pls Tamper Justice with Mercy.”
