- – Nollywood producer Adanma Luke faces backlash for celebrating birthday amidst mourning for late actor Junior Pope.
- – Netizens criticize Adanma and colleague Destiny Etiko for lack of posthumous respect towards Junior Pope.
- – Suggestions made for Adanma to postpone the birthday celebration as a gesture of mourning for a deceased colleague.
Netizens have taken a strong stance against Nollywood producer Adnma Luke, who is celebrating her birthday today, Tuesday, June 11.
Adanma has faced criticism on various social media platforms after her friend and colleague, actress Destiny Etiko, shared a post on her Instagram page to celebrate Adanma’s birthday. Destiny posted several beautiful photos of Adanma and penned a heartfelt encomium to the producer.
Netizens criticize Destiny, Adanma
In response to the post, netizens flooded Destiny’s comment section, expressing disapproval of both Destiny and Adanma for not paying posthumous respects to the late actor Junior Pope, whose life was tragically cut short while returning from a movie location reportedly sponsored by Adanma’s production company.
Criticism escalated, with netizens chastising Adanma for sharing her birthday photos and allowing her friends to post them online while the family of the late actor is still mourning his passing.
Some netizens suggested that Adanma should have postponed her birthday celebration as a gesture of mourning for her late colleague.
The reactions
@starr_caramia: “How does she find energy to celebrate birthday when her production claimed lives of people.”
@posh_essy: “She even did photo shoot..she get mind shaa!!”
@assumpta1182: “She forgot that JP and others won’t have another birthday to celebrate. She for mourn them this year.. If she didn’t celebrate.”
@iampatbess2000: “Person wey killed 5 people dey celebrate birthday. Sad.”
@amarachigracy: “Rip Jp, May ur spirit fight whoever dat is involved in ur sudden demise this year, what will happen?”
@amarachigracy: “Rip Jp, May ur spirit fight whoever dat is involved in ur sudden demise.”
@edowaye_2018: “Make I go unfollow this destiny u nor really get sense celebrating who didnt feel bad about junior pope ..a lot of u didnt like junior pope.”
@queen_julesofficial: “So she get mind go studio and took pictures to celebrate her birthday??? At this time she should have dedicated it to the lives her production took.”
@chekwube_okafor_chekwus: “She even get mind do makeup and photoshoot. True true na who die lose she for carry this birthday over assuming she has conscience.”
@mhiz_presheezona: “Destiny seff thought u even have sense all of Una na ewuuuu ..even though u care that much can’t u do privately always setting up ur so called friend for drags.”
Junior Pope, along with five other production crew members, lost their lives in a river in Anambra while returning from a movie shoot on April 10, 2024.
