The Anambra State Police Command said it has recovered the bodies of three persons who were involved in a boat mishap that killed popular movie actor JohnPaul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, and one other.

The boat accident happened on Wednesday while the movie cast and crew were returning to Asaba from a movie location in riverine Anambra West.

Out of the 12 passengers aboard the boat, police had on Wednesday rescued seven persons alive, while the bodies of two of them were recovered, with three missing.

Police spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said they had since then sent out marine police to look for the missing three.

However, on Friday, he said the bodies of the three remaining victims had been found