‘Junior Pope didn’t pay dues’ — AGN reveals in new update on late actor’s case with Adanma Luke

The president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has given reason for his failure to sue actress Adanma Luke over the de@th of late actor, Junior Pope.

On April 10, 2024, Junior Pope and four crew members lost their lives when their boat overturned in the River Niger, Asaba, Delta State, on their way to the movie location.

Adanma Luke, the producer of the film “The Other Side of Life,” starring Junior Pope, was instrumental in the ill-fated project.

Following this heartbreaking incident, the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) suspended Adanma Luke.

However, Emeka Rollas, in a recent update, stated that it was impossible for the guild to sue the film producer due to Junior Pope not being a dues-paying member.

Rollas also reviewed the contract Junior Pope had signed with the producer, explaining that only the immediate family or the wife was legally entitled to sue the producer.

During an interview on Arise TV, Rollas discussed the current status of the guild.

“Update on Junior Pope, you know I was here and I said that we are about to sue. In the course of interacting with our legal adviser, he said that from the contract that Junior Pope signed with the producer, the AGN did not have the locum to sue.He said either the direct family or the wife should sue the producer.

“Now we go back to the structure that we are talking about. Because we just came back from Los Angeles now, we are trying to change a lot of things. From the structure we are creating, tapping from the practice, we are going to begin licensing actors because we also find out that even the Junior Pope, as of the time of his death was not a due-paying member of the guild. He was just an actor who is big and has not paid dues in the last one year before his death.”

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