Nigeria, April 15 -- The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, have spoken on the reported burial of deceased Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, by a riverside.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how Mr Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope and four other actors drowned after their boat capsized in Anam River in Anambra State last Wednesday while returning from a movie shoot.

There had been speculations that Mr Odonwodo was buried by the riverside and later exhumed after pressure on authorities.

But reacting in a statement on Sunday, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, refuted the speculations.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said contrary to the speculations, the late actor was neither buried nor...