Emeka Rollas, the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), has explained why the Association was unable to bring a lawsuit against actress Adanma Luke for the passing of actor Junior Pope.
In Asaba, Delta State, on April 10, 2024, the actor passed away along with four other crew members when their boat overturned in the River Niger.
They were traveling to an Adanma Luke-produced filming site when the regrettable thing happened.
After the sad event, Adanma was suspended by the AGN.
However, Rollas clarified in an appearance on Arise TV that the only people with the legal ability to suit are Junior Pope’s immediate family.
He said, “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.”
