Actor TC Okafor, one of the survivors of the boat mishap that drowned popular actor, Junior Pope has revealed the cause of the accident.
PERISCOPE NIGERIA had reported that four actors, including Junior Pope, died when their boat capsized on the Anam River in Anambra state while returning from a movie location.
TC revealed that a lack of experience on the part of the person sailing the boat led to the accident.
He recalled how he threw some naira notes and spilt Fanta into the river as a way of averting any form of danger.
He said that even though everyone was on board, some people were wearing life jackets and some were not.
Okafor remembered clearly Junior Pope’s perplexed question about what he was doing, to which he replied that he was worshipping the river gods and pleading for safe passage.
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Speaking during an Instagram Live session, TC said, “Before I entered the boat, the first thing Junior Pope asked me was ‘What are you doing?’. And I said I was observing the water people. I can’t pass without sharing something. I have given them Fanta, so I don’t want anything bad to happen to me. Junior Pope agreed.
“While we were going, the boat guy was wearing an earpiece, and Junior Pope was doing a video, I saw a small canoe with fishermen in front and due to his lack of experience, he drove right into the last point of the canoe and we somersaulted.”
