Fans Blast Actor Jerry Amilo for Posting Video of Jnr Pope’s Corpse at Hospital Wrongly

• Following the revelation that Nollywood actor Jnr Pope died away, his colleague Jerry Amilo came under assault on social media.
• The light-skinned actor took to his Instagram page to share a video of the deceased’s corpse in the hospital.
• The video elicited a lot of emotions from Nigerians, with many condemning Amilo for making such a move.

Jerry Amilo, a Nollywood actor, has been under criticism on social media over his tweet on the death of his colleague, Jnr Pope Odonwodo.

Remember that the 39-year-old actor perished tragically among others on April 10, 2024, in a boat accident while filming a movie.

Shortly after Nollywood actor Jnr Pope’s death was confirmed, Jerry Amilo rushed to Instagram to post a video of the late actor’s body.

In the video, Jerry Amilo captured Jnr Pope’s corpse lying in a hospital bed, his ears and nose covered with cotton wool. Emeka Rollas, the president of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN), was also present.

Amilo posted the video with a watermark of his name on Facebook. He also posted a comment in which he wished for the departed to rest in peace and tagged the late actor’s Instagram profile. In his own words:

“MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE AMEN @jnrpope”

See the censored video below:

Nigerians blast Jerry Amilo

Shortly after Jerry Amilo shared Jnr Pope’s body on social media, several netizens lambasted him in the comments area. Several of them branded him an insensitive clout chaser. Read a few of their remarks below:

everything_nessastore1:

“The fact that this man is an elderly person hmm, so you made the video edited it and even put watermark Jesus, I put it to you That jnr pope death no pain you.i remember when I lost my dad all I could do was cry the intention of posting was not even there,if this guy death pain you,you won’t edit this video and put it on social media..if it was your brother am very sure you will put a public announcement for fans to respect your privacy…”

jay_scotch_autos:

“They don’t bl00dy care about the repercussions. They just want to post something and get unnecessary traffic to their page. He even added watermark.”

parker_ojugo:

“Our entertainment industry is full of clout and eye service!!!!!!”

M.m.a_j:

“He is hustling for engagement if not tell me why he posted this!!! He blleeeached away his sense of reasoning! No! He think na one the movie nah if not tell me why get mind post thisfor what? I loved n respect Junior Pope because how he adore his family and always supporting good things…Junior Pope is a good man!!!!!”

official_udykevin:

“Wicked souls, I bet he is happy deep inside.”

everestofficial1:

“People who want to know the benefits of living abroad. Here is one of them. Careless is taking so many lives in Nigeria.”

Mr_horlic:

“If you know how people go far in announcing your demise, u go know say this life no balance.”

bahdt_girl_annie1:

“These people are just interested in first to post new update.”

Udyfoods:

“This is soo wrong.”

kamsy_ikechiukwu:

“After suffering for many years, You could not even enjoy his new building what kind of life is this.”

yujayy:

“That bleached goat.”

sasha_itota:

“Everything for content especially Facebook people, na so those hungry content creators dey do video back to back say what they don’t know.”

adediji_t:

“It’s even more irritating that most of his colleagues started posting about his death and how they are pained, barely an hr after the first news was going viral…. I stand corrected but who truly makes post when they are still in shock or mourning? Like within mins/hrs of the news???? No confirmation or anything?! Humanity has been reduced to SOCIAL MEDIA RELEVANCE ONLY… The af ‍♀️‍♀️‍♀️ and now this one is posting his cold body without recourse to the pain the family is going through. Honestly we perish for lack of WISDOM. Rest Easy JP .”

wealthmirac_:

“Which kind Mumu song be this na celebration we dey do , see person die painful death una dey play immolenization . But why is nolly wood just full of hate …why.”

nneorie_:

“This is wrong. Why posting this video???”

Nwosuenyinnaya:

“Was making a video of a dead man and posting on the internet really necessary. You can use his old pictures if you have to. We should consider direct family members and how these will affect them. Some of them will be seeing his dead body on the internet for the first time.”

In the video reportedly posted for the first time on August 5, 2023, the prophet claimed that Jnr Pope needed to be careful.