Another Nollywood actor and director dies in a swimming pool in Asaba

Nollywood has been thrown into mourning again with another fallen actor. This time, a rising script writer, actor and director, Kagho Harley Akpor, reportedly died while shooting a movie in Asaba, Delta state.

Although details of his dead is not clear yet, it was reported that while shooting, Akpor fell into a swimming pool at a popular hotel in Asaba and drowned.

A source disclosed to The Sun that the director might have drowned as a result of lack of swimming skills, adding that as of the time he was rescued from the swimming pool, it was already too late.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeleke Adeyinka, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, however, said he could not give details. He however said that contrary to rumours, the deceased was not at a movie location when he drowned, but simply went to the swimming pool for other reasons.