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Junior Pope’s corpse deposited at morgue not buried at the bank of Anam River – Police

The Anambra State Police Command says the remains of Nollywood star, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly called Junior Pope, were not among those buried by the bank of the Anam River.

The Command’s spokesman, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, made the clarification on Sunday, stating that only three of the deceased families agreed that the victims be buried by the riverside.

He noted that after the burial of the three, one of the families came back to exhume the remains of their daughter for a befitting burial in her country home.

Ikenga added that the corpse of Junior Pope was deposited at a morgue.

“The Command, on an inquiry about the unconfirmed information that the recovered bodies including Junior Pope were buried by the Riverside where the boat accident happened, discovered that three of the deceased families accepted the victims should be buried beside the river.

“But later, the family of one of the victims decided to exhume the body to be given a proper burial in her state while the other two were still buried there.

“Also, Junior Pope and one other are still in the morgue and await the deceased families’ funeral arrangements,” he said.

The PPRO further stated that the Command is still investigating the unfortunate incident.

He said, “The producer of the movie and the two boat drivers’ statements have been obtained, and other necessary actions/moves already emplaced by the operatives as directed by the Commissioner of Police to determine the criminal liability of any person, if any, in the mishap.”

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Family of late nollywood actor Junior Pope releases burial dates

The family of the late Nollywood actor John Paul Odonwodo has released the funeral arrangements for his burial.

Junior Pope and four other actors drowned after their boat capsized in the Anam River in Anambra State on April 10 while returning from a movie shoot.

Of the 12 individuals who boarded the ill-fated boat, only seven were rescued alive, while five died, including Junior Pope.

The details of funeral arrangements for the late actor, signed by Divine Odonwodo on behalf of the family, indicated that besides the April 23 requiem mass at Saint John-Mary Vianney Parish in Asaba, Delta State, another requiem mass is scheduled to be held at Christ the King Catholic Parish, G.R.A., Enugu, on May 13.

On May 14, an evening of tributes and candlelight will follow at Amadeo Event Centre in Enugu at 5 pm. A wake will follow on May 16 at his country home in Uwala Abaka, Ukehe, a community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the state.

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Bobrisky appeals sentence

Convicted cross dresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju a.k.a. Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal against his conviction for naira abuse by by a Federal high court in Lagos.

The convicted cross dresser is in his appeal, urging the appellate court to set aside the six months imprisonment sentence imposed on him.

In the appeal, filed by his lawyer, before the court by Bimbo Kusanu, Bobrisky argues that the “earned trial Judge erred in law and in facts by his imposition of the maximum sentence of Months imprisonment terms against the appellant without option of fine contrary to the provisions of Section 416(2) d of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015 (“ADCJA”) that prescribed the mandatory guidelines on the trial Court on imposition of sentencing after criminal conviction of a first time offender as the appellant”.

The appeal is therefore seeking an “order setting aside the 6 months maximum imprisonment sentence imposed on the Appellant and in its place imposition of fine in the sum of 5 0 , 0 0 0 = ( F i f y Thousand Naira) on each of the counts against the appellant”.

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Why I left Styl-Plus – Tunde Akinsanmi

Tunde Akinsanmi, a former member of the popular RnB group, Styl-Plus, has said he did not break out of the band out of greed.

In 20218, Tunde who was the lead vocalist of the defunct group officially announced he was leaving the band to pursue a solo career in music at a news conference in Abuja.

He also announced he no longer wished to be known on stage as Tunde Styl Plus, but Tunde T Dot, adding that he was now signed onto PEC records in solo capacity.

According to him, the decision to change the name was based on the need to pick a name that would reflect his new direction as a solo entity in entertainment.

Explaining his reason for dumping the award-winning Styl Plus in a recent interview, Tunde said there were alot of back and forth and disagreement but he left because it was the best decision made by the group.

“There were so many other things I needed to do at that time and we couldn’t agree on such things, so it was best for us to go our separate ways and here we are.

“Styl Plus is not really defunct like that, it has just been reformed. Sometimes we sing together, I can sing all our songs if I want to, they can do the same and we can come together and still sing it as well.

“So I didn’t break out of Styl Plus out of greed,” he added.

Speaking on what he has been up to, the singer said,”Aside from being a solo artist now I’ve done so many projects that my hardcore fans know what’s going on so you can always get them on my Spotify. But apart from that I’m a tech guy, I’m into game development, data analysis and recently scrum master so I just want to be the best I can be while I’m young.

The boy band Styl Plus was the rave of the industry in the mid-2000s when their hit single ‘Olufunmi’ hit the airwaves