Nigeria-born Canadian English Professor, Pius Adesanmi, was
among the passengers on ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on its
way to Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday morning, it was reported.
The airplane, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 149 passengers and
eight crew members, lost contact with air traffic controllers six minutes after
takeoff.
It was reported to have finally crashed near Bishoftu, Southeast
of the Ethiopian capital. In a statement, the airline said 32 Kenyans, 18
Canadians, eight Americans and seven British nationals were among the
passengers.
Also, Abiodun Bashua, a retired Foreign Service officer, was
another Nigerian on the flight. None of the passengers survived.
Adesanmi flew on a Canadian passport. He posed with the
passport in the last picture he posted on Facebook on Saturday morning.
He had a message on social media (Facebook) saying: “If I
take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even
there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me – Psalm
139:9-10.”
He was to attend a meeting in the East African nation of
Kenya.
Adesanmi, who was a native of Isanlu, in Yagba East Local Government
Area of Kogi state, had survived an accident in Oyo State in July last year,
and two persons were killed in the incident.
Until his death, he was a professor of English at Carleton
University, Canada.
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