The family of the late Nollywood actor Junior Pope allegedly placed a charm called ‘Isi Atu’ in his village home to identify those responsible for his death.
There have been calls for Junior Pope’s family to treat his death as murder instead of drowning, as there were no visible signs of drowning. Fans have demanded an autopsy. In a twist, Pope’s family has not accepted his demise as described by survivors. They’ve decided to plant the ‘Isi Atu’ charm in his village home to expose those responsible for the thespian’s death.
A video was posted on TikTok by a certain Akusinachi, claiming that the charm ‘Isi Atu’ had been placed in the late Jnr Pope’s village home. The implication is that anybody involved in his death would be identified. In his own words:
‘This thing you see in this video, in the Igbo language, they call it ‘Isi Atu’. That is to tell you that if your hand is in the death of Jnr Pope, their people won’t agree. We are Nsukka people, anybody whose hand is involved, if you conspired for his death, we won’t agree, his people won’t agree. This place is his place in the village, Nsukka people won’t agree, we won’t agree.’
Junior Pope and four others drowned in the Anam River while returning from a movie location, with actress Adanma Luke as the movie’s producer. The tragic incident occurred on April 10, 2024.
Since then, there have been different accounts of the incident from the survivors, with many pointing out Nollywood actor Tochukwu Okafor, also known as TC Virus, as the main suspect in his colleague, Junior Pope’s demise.
In fact, Adanma Luke recently heavily criticized TC Virus for using Junior Pope’s demise to make content while using Fanta as the attention-grabbing plot to cash in on the late actor’s death. Adanma Luke took to the comment section of one of his skits to call out her colleague.
