Late Junior Pope’s Family Announces Funeral Arrangements

27th April 2024

The family of late actor, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, has released activities for his funeral.

Junior Pope and four others 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 aside the April 23 requiem mass at Saint John-Mary Vianney Parish in Asaba, Delta State, another requiem mass was scheduled for Christ the King Catholic Parish, G.R.A., Enugu, on May 13.

On May 14, an evening of tributes and candlelight would follow at Amadeo Event Centre in Enugu by 5:00pm, according to the funeral proceedings, while a wake would follow on May 16 at his country home in Uwala Abaka, Ukehe, a community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area.

Pope, the burial details indicated, would be buried on Friday, May 17 at his country home after a burial mass at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Ukehe.