Nigerians have taken to social media to express outrage towards Nollywood actor, Jerry Amilo, for sharing a video of the mortal remains of Junior Pope online. The news of Junior Pope's death shocked many Nigerians, especially after initial reports suggested he was alive and receiving treatment. However, hours later, news of his passing emerged after being taken to a third hospital.
Social media users woke up to videos of Junior Pope's remains shared by Jerry Amilo, prompting criticism from the online community. Some users condemned the actor for sharing such private and sensitive content.
@Parker_ojugba: “Our entertainment industry is full of clout and eye service!!!!!!”
@Taatilg: “Nigerians!!! How can you be making a video of someone in a vulnerable state? You didn’t even care how his Family would feel?💔💔💔.
@Menshaggy: “So many insensitive people with phones.”
@Badgirlannie: “This people are just interested in first to post new update”
Adedeji: “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 💔|
@Matthewmensah: “The level of insensitive and downright st#pid people that emerges when these things happens are unreal..How do you jump to make a video, adding music on top of it and post? Family hasn’t even gotten full confirmation or nothing ..SMH”.