Nancy Isime explains her silence on Junior Pope, crew members' death

Nollywood actress cum media personality Nancy Isime has explained her decision not to post pictures of her coworker Junior Pope and other crew members who lost their lives in a boat accident.

Recall that on the evening of April 10, Junior Pope passed away after numerous attempts at resuscitation.

Junior Pope, the makeup artist, Abigail Frederick, and the production crew died in the Anam River on their way back from the set of Adanma Luke's film 'Another Side of Life'.

Nancy Isime who had been silent on the Nollywood catastrophe, posted a response to the startling incident on her Instagram page on Tuesday, April 16.

According to her, although she had recorded with one of the victims, she would not post their images since it is against her policy to publicize tragedies involving individuals.

Nancy Isime also prayed for the departed loved ones, asking God to give them fortitude despite their loss.

She wrote: “Phew! Last week was tough mehn! The tragedy that hit Nollywood was something I couldn’t even imagine! Felt like a horror movie script.

“Hit me a little hard because I had filmed with one of the victims not too long ago. Pardon me but I won’t be calling names, going into details or posting pictures. If you don’t know about the disaster, good for you. Trust me!

“It’s SO Sad! I however have a policy to not announce people’s tragedies. It’s not my place. Especially if I barely talked about their Victories. They have families who deserve the right to tell the story how they please, if and how they want to.”

In another Insta story she added: “Praying that God wraps his arms around their families. So tight! So tight that they feel a kind of peace that they can’t even explain. I lost my mum donkey years ago and it still hurts like she just left the house yesterday, I know asking God to take away the pain is a Lie.

“My prayer is that God helps them deal with their pain in a way that it doesn’t get in the way of their daily lives and that he preserves their mental health, their hearts and their spirit. May He give them some kind of closure.”

Check her post here





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