The Actors Guild of Nigeria has released a statement debunking the claims from some sections of the media that popular Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okojie was in the ill-fated Asaba boat that killed some crew members, including actor Junior Pope.
According to the statement released on Wednesday 8th May 2024, by the Abubakar Yakubu, National Secretary Actors Guild of Nigeria, called the report as disturbing and shocking misinterpretation of the statement of ordeal revealed by one of the survivors of the Asaba boat mishap which claimed the lives of Jnr Pope and four other crew members recently.
See the full statement:
“The revelation was made by Thank God Iloma during thanksgiving service in a church recently where he mentioned that one Emeka Mercy Jonshon who had served as a PA to actress Mercy Johnson in the past and always referred to as Emeka Mercy Johnson apparently as his sobriquet.
We vehemently condemn the bloggers this malicious misinterpretation of the statement and urge our members the general public and fans of Mercy to ignore the social media news as it is utterly false, baseless, unfounded, and idiotic as Mercy Johnson was not on the ill-fated boat.
The misinterpretation of the revelation was nothing but the imagination of the blogger who could have been high on some substances.
Please ignore and disregard the statement which was a calculated attempt to malign smear and tarnish the good name, image, and reputation of Mercy Johnson,” AGN said.