Nosa Rex has dismissed a claim by actress Ruby Orjiakor that he used Junior Pope’s boat mishap for a skit
Nosa Rex, the Nollywood actor, has dismissed a claim by actress Ruby Orjiakor that he used Junior Pope’s boat mishap for a skit.
Pope passed away on April 10 after a boat accident on the River Niger in Asaba, Delta state. On May 17, he was buried in Nsukka, Igbo-Etiti LGA in Enugu state.
Last Sunday, a video where a director asked Rex to dive into a river without a life jacket at a movie set went viral.
In the footage, the actor appeared to be challenging the movie director who demanded the retrieval of a treasure inside the river.
Rex also argued that the scene was not in the script. He was later captured fighting for his life after he dived into the water.
The skit attracted criticism towards Rex with Orjiakor claiming the actor created the content to mock Pope’s death.
She also alleged that Adanma Luke, producer of the movie Pope was supposed to feature, is not remorseful about his death.
‘’I came to pray specifically for you super stat (Akpa Swag) Your Legacy will never be forgotten. I also want to let you know that Baba Rex your own man, has started using what happened to you as content. Everybody dey find their belle, no one cares, if only you listened to me,” she wrote.
“Again, @adanmaluke instead of feeling guilty for what happened to you and others, she was busy telling the whole world how you were begging her for jobs. I believe you can now understand better how wicked the world is.
“May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of Christ.”
Reacting to Orjiakor’s claim, Rex said the intention for creating the video is to “pass a positive message to prevent further mistakes”.
“For real fans and real friends. I was supposed to shoot a scene as seen above (scene 71 and 72). Immediately I got into the set I told the director I will never step my foot into any river, sir you already know why,” he wrote via his Instagram page.
“The director said the script says but anyway let’s reconstruct it. I understand. Then again I asked myself what if I was an upcomer who didn’t have a say ? that means I will have to follow the script and jump in?
“I said to the director , please let me create something to pass a message that you can actually refuse to do risky things on set and when you have a reasonable director like mine he will understand.
“God sees my heart. That was my intention and nothing more. I will never create content to mock my late friend, instead I will pass a positive message to prevent further mistakes. Together we can make Nollywood a better place
“To my real fans and friends who saw the content from the positive side. Thank you.”
