Nollywood actor, Junior Pope, dies in boat accident Nollywood actor Junior Pope Odonwodo, popularly called, Jnr Pope, is dead. The actor died on Wednesday afternoon after a boat accident while filming in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The boat capsized with him alongside two other yet to be identified actors got drown. His body was recovered and rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced death. The Delta State Chairman of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Emma Onyemeziem confirmed to newsmen that the corpse has been deposited in the morgue.