Junior Pope: How Friends Embalmed The Living

By

Christopher Chinedumuije

1. He drowned following a boat crash while on transit to and from movie production set…
2. His body was recovered..,
3. Instead of taking him directly to the hospital for emergency care, they were busy snapping photos, making videos, and posting online to tell Nigerians he was dead..,
4. When they were done, they took him to the mortuary without a doctor examining to confirm if he was alive or not..,
5. The Mortician realized he was not dead.., instead of taking him straight to the hospital for emergency care.., they rather took him with a crowd to a herbalist beside the river to perform rituals…,
6. After they performed their so-called rituals.., they started fanning him and carried his body battling to survive like someone who had won a trophy..,
7. As usual, in their procession.., they were snapping photos.., taking videos and posting online that he was not dead but Alive..,
8. After all the display of fu**ulishness, they finally took him to the hospital with a crowd..,
9. Instead of taking him to the intensive care unit.., they left him in the ward -possibly the hospital in question was not having oxygen or/and functioning life support machines.
10. And later, at 9:30 p.m., he was confirmed dead by the doctors…

Both the Nollywood actors, producers on set, the people (crowd) around, the hospital and even the herbalist once again just proved to the world that there are so many people needing mental rehabilitation in this country…

Nigerians (not Nigeria) are becoming something else. Very comic, hence the need to invest in rehabilitation and behavioral change programs.

If the laws work in Nigeria, so many persons will be eligible to be processed for jail time.

Under no circumstance should anyone board a boat without a life jacket. No matter what!

Adieu Junior Pope. May your soul find peace with your maker.

*Christopher Chinedumuije (PhD, FBU).
Professor of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Studies.