Pius Adesanmi, popular Nigerian professor and columnist based in Canada, was on the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the early hours of Sunday, SaharaReporters can confirm.
SaharaReporters had reported earlier on Sunday morning that an Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, crashed, killing 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard. It has now emerged that Adesanmi, a native of Isanlu, in Yagba East Local Government area of Kogi State, was among the passengers.
Three different family members, plus a close friend of Adesanmi’s and a Canadian official, confirmed the sad development to SaharaReporters.
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pius_adesanmi God rest your soul sir
pius_adesanmi hmmmmm ... too baad.. I am in sifia pain
pius_adesanmi Life is like a vapour, and death is inevitable we goes anywhere with it know God is the key thing. May their gentle soul rest in peace.
pius_adesanmi So so sad😪👏🏿RIP.
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pius_adesanmi REST IN PEACE 💔🙏
pius_adesanmi May his family and loved ones find divine comfort at this time. So sad.
pius_adesanmi Rest in peace King of satire.
pius_adesanmi Painful loss.
pius_adesanmi OMG that's so sad😭😭
pius_adesanmi China has just suspended all the Boeing 737s on its fleet.
pius_adesanmi Sorry Baba
pius_adesanmi Rest In Perfect Peace
pius_adesanmi Rip man
pius_adesanmi May his soul find rest with the Lord.
pius_adesanmi I actually refused to believe this yesterday. This is a waste of knowledge, why him? Why not one of our corrupt desperate politician? I really admire his knowledge. Nigeria has lose a legend and an icon.
pius_adesanmi Great lost to the entire country, Rest in peace
pius_adesanmi R.I.P bros!
pius_adesanmi Killed or died?
Oh! what a tragedy, at the time was he was needed more. May his gentle soul Rest In Peace
pius_adesanmi May he rest in peace!
pius_adesanmi 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
pius_adesanmi may his gentle soul rest in peace
pius_adesanmi My heart and thought are with the Adesanmis and the families of all those that were in that I'll fated flight. May their souls rest in peace
JuliusMmasi pius_adesanmi R.I.P. 😔 🙏
pius_adesanmi This is a very sad day for Nigeria, Canada, Ethiopia and the world at large. My condolences.
pius_adesanmi Rest in peace sir
pius_adesanmi Oh no, this is real bad news! May God give members of his family the courage to bear this huge loss with equanimity, Rest in Peace Pius. PiusAdesanmi
pius_adesanmi This is horrific...I am really shocked. no more tweet from this handle pius_adesanmi😳😳.....the panic in turbulence alone is a nightmare,let alone a crash😢😢.RIP sir😥😥😥😥
pius_adesanmi May the soul rest in peace
inspiredsunfad pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in perfect peace,Nigeria has lost a legend. May God grant his family fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
pius_adesanmi Killed?
pius_adesanmi Sad
Abeedaymee pius_adesanmi RIP bro
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi G1gbolahan hitmanay
pius_adesanmi Rip Adeyemi
pius_adesanmi What
pius_adesanmi Rest in peace to one of Nigeria's best. His tweets and discussions are always nationalistic, encompassing, informing, educating, entertaining and unfathomably reflective. It is well comrade.
pius_adesanmi Killed bawo, you people are something else. Everything should not be sensational.
pius_adesanmi The awful, unthinkable news!
pius_adesanmi This world is very empty. See someone fighting bad governance days ago and today he is no more. This is just very sad. Rest in perfect peace.
kakra68 pius_adesanmi So sad
pius_adesanmi Oh My!!! So sad.
pius_adesanmi May all their souls continue ton respect in peace .. what a sad news🤦🏾♂️
pius_adesanmi May his soul and the soul of other victims of the ill fated crash rest in peace.
pius_adesanmi RIP! May God grant the family members the fortitude to bear the great lost
pius_adesanmi Cc Solar_unique seen this 😢 😭
pius_adesanmi Omg
pius_adesanmi May your soul rest in peace.
pius_adesanmi My brother Pius, rest in peace, we at IAS_Carleton and IAS_Carleton Community will sorely miss you. We feel deprived of your intellect and humanity as you still had so much to give us. Peace
pius_adesanmi I thought it was a rumor, a great man is gone. Rip pius_adesanmi
pius_adesanmi RIP Big Prof
pius_adesanmi RIP
pius_adesanmi With that bold smile, I'm still expecting him to laugh off this story here.
pius_adesanmi Jesus Christ.
pius_adesanmi Sahara reporters can lie oooo. Jeez. . The person behind this tweet should be fired.
pius_adesanmi OMG!
pius_adesanmi Damn, death so cold, one of my favorite twitter influencers.
Maybeks pius_adesanmi Oh my, this is sad. May their souls rest in peace.
pius_adesanmi May his perfect soul rest in peace.
BBoason pius_adesanmi Very sad 😔
pius_adesanmi Killed or Died
pius_adesanmi 'killed' kee you there. Useless junk-nalist. RIP Prof.
pius_adesanmi To think that this guy tweeted just yesterday or so..
pius_adesanmi So sad.
BBoason pius_adesanmi RIP
pius_adesanmi Jesus
pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in peace. What a collosal lost to the academic world? Sleep well Prof!
pius_adesanmi Oh wow. This guy. Sad
pius_adesanmi Oh no! RIP Prof pius_adesanmi 🙏🙏. You are in a better place with your creator
pius_adesanmi RIP.
pius_adesanmi Awful news. Just heartbreakingly awful. 😢
pius_adesanmi RiP pius_adesanmi 😭😭
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi So painful! It is well!
pius_adesanmi RIP😢
pius_adesanmi Very sad news 😢
pius_adesanmi A shining light in the struggle for the emancipation of Nigerians from bad leadership. An erudite teacher per excellence.... Rest on Prof. A loss to Nigeria and Kogi state
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi Rest on Prof. 😢
pius_adesanmi This has to be some sort of joke, right? You better get serious,
pius_adesanmi RIP Prof pius_adesanmi Condolences to his family, friends and loved ones.
pius_adesanmi Rip prof. Thoughts and prayers to his family.
pius_adesanmi i love his contents on Twitter 😭😭😭😭 please come online and debunk this news
pius_adesanmi RIP
pius_adesanmi This is so sad! One of the sound minds that makes twitter interesting is gone. A great loss! May his soul rest in perfect peace.
pius_adesanmi 😭
pius_adesanmi Damn..
pius_adesanmi RIP
pius_adesanmi Damnnn
pius_adesanmi Oh my goodness!!! I'm can't believe this. No! He survived an accident recently. This is not good at all. Oh!
pius_adesanmi Sad!
arowolo_fatai pius_adesanmi Rest in peace Bro.
AremuStunt pius_adesanmi My heartfelt condolences to the family who've been involved the EthiopianAirlines crash.
pius_adesanmi RIP to a legend
pius_adesanmi This is just so sad.
pius_adesanmi Oh God no no no!!!
pius_adesanmi O dìgbà ọmọ Adesanmi.
pius_adesanmi I sincerely hope and pray ds is not true
pius_adesanmi Oh prof! I pray God grant you eternal rest
pius_adesanmi Untimely and great loss, RIP Pius.
pius_adesanmi Wrong choice of word, should be: 'Nigeria’s Pius_Adesanmi Died In Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash' not killed* Rest in Peace. May the good Lord console your beloveds.
ChuksMultiP pius_adesanmi Sad
pius_adesanmi Jesus Christ! Oh my God.oh my God.
pius_adesanmi Rest in Peace Professor Pius Adesanmi. You would be greatly missed. It's just so sad.
oluwaloninyo pius_adesanmi RIP prof.... Truly Nigeria lost an Icon, a scholar, and a capacity!
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi I don't want to believe it!!
pius_adesanmi May his soul and souls of other victims rest in perfect peace. Amen
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi May pius_adesanmi soul rest in peace
pius_adesanmi R.I.P sir, rest in the lord
pius_adesanmi 😱 😭 😭 😭 I can't just bear this, oh no
pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in peace. Amen.May God console his family.
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi WHAT A SAD DAY.
pius_adesanmi what a sad news
pius_adesanmi Sad one here! May God test his soul.
pius_adesanmi This is more than painful, lost for words. Rip Prof.
pius_adesanmi A legend is gone, RIP prof
pius_adesanmi Gone too soon
pius_adesanmi RIP Prof Pius Adesanmi. It a great loss.
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi So so sad!!! What a loss? He was an astute and intelligent personality, always speaking the truth. RIP Prof
pius_adesanmi Jesus 😱😭
pius_adesanmi 😭😭😭
pius_adesanmi That Nigerian is pius_adesanmi are you serious! Gosh!
pius_adesanmi RIP
pius_adesanmi The first time of meeting Prof pius_adesanmi was in 2017 or thereabout at the Sahara Reporters' 'Civic Media Lab'.He came to me where I sat. ' Hello ', he said. We shook hands.Such a phenomenal personality with no patent arrogance known with Nigerians who have cut niches.R.I.P🔗
pius_adesanmi I followed him few months ago!!!! Wow, a part of me is praying that this should just be a mere rumor.
pius_adesanmi RIP sir.
pius_adesanmi Liar
pius_adesanmi May God be with the family so sad
pius_adesanmi Sad
AbdulMahmud01 pius_adesanmi May he rest in peace. Amen
pius_adesanmi Rip
pius_adesanmi What a loss. 😭😭😭
pius_adesanmi May his gentle soul rest in peace...Sad
pius_adesanmi Good night Professor Pius Adesanmi. May your soul rest in peace, Amin.
pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in peace Amen. So sad.
pius_adesanmi So sad!! I pray for consolation to the family.
pius_adesanmi Rest on peacefully
AbdulMahmud01 pius_adesanmi This is heartbreaking😞
pius_adesanmi This can't be true, right?
pius_adesanmi Rest in GOD's hands, Prof pius_adesanmi you came, you saw, you conquered many times,even till the last- O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?' Rest Well Good Man..
pius_adesanmi May d soul of dis beautiful Nigerian rest in peace and God grant his family d fortitude to bear d irreparable loss.
pius_adesanmi OMG! This is just sad! RIP to the dead.
DrJoeAbah pius_adesanmi He died not killed.
pius_adesanmi Oh God!!!! May his soul RIP
pius_adesanmi Pius_Adesanmi! OMG! This is very sad! Extremely sad! May his soul rest in peace.
pius_adesanmi R.I.P
OluyomiOjo pius_adesanmi I am so heartbroken. I am in tears! This is so sad. This is so so sad.
pius_adesanmi God rest his soul.
pius_adesanmi RIP prof.
pius_adesanmi Wonderful man. Would forever be remembered
pius_adesanmi O Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pius_adesanmi Jesus !!! This is so sad. Didn't know him outside Twitter but I liked him alot for his stance and intelligence ... 😭😭😭
pius_adesanmi No no noooo,
pius_adesanmi This is so painful May his soul rest in peace
pius_adesanmi segalink DrJoeAbah
pius_adesanmi No. So sad right now.
pius_adesanmi So sad. May his soul RIP. 🙏
pius_adesanmi This is so painful. 💔💔
pius_adesanmi May the soul of all the victims of this air crash rest in peace . May God have mercy on departed souls.
pius_adesanmi segalink
pius_adesanmi Killed?
pius_adesanmi Sad news
pius_adesanmi Rest In Peace Prof
pius_adesanmi RIP Pius. A tall tree doesn't last in the forest. May God console your family.
pius_adesanmi This bad news really breaks my heart 😭😭😭
pius_adesanmi This life😞
pius_adesanmi This is sad
pius_adesanmi So sad. Very, very sad.
pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in Peace. This is sad
oluwaloninyo pius_adesanmi Chai! Oh dear!
pius_adesanmi So painful, may his soul and all passengers onboard Rest In Peace🙏🏼
pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in peace if this is true. Hmmmm Bintin laye!
pius_adesanmi Horrible!! Tragic
pius_adesanmi Sun set at noon. Eternal rest grant to him oh Lord and may perpetual light shine on him.amen
pius_adesanmi May the souls of the departed rest in peace.
pius_adesanmi Rest on Sir! May the Heavens embrace you.
pius_adesanmi This is so sad 😞
pius_adesanmi Holddddd up !
pius_adesanmi Lord have mercy, may his soul rip
pius_adesanmi It's heart breaking 😪😪
JikewaiBee pius_adesanmi I just followed him yesterday
pius_adesanmi So sad... I'm one of his fans! May God Grant His Family The Fortitude to Bear This Loss!
pius_adesanmi 😢
pius_adesanmi Very sad .i feel terrible right now
pius_adesanmi
pius_adesanmi May he soul rest in peace
pius_adesanmi Sad
pius_adesanmi Thie so sad. 😢
pius_adesanmi Chai! May he rest in peace
pius_adesanmi So so sad ! So sad . Lost for words . May the good Lord comfort his family.
pius_adesanmi Tragic! So sad.... Big loss to mankind! May the soul of all the departed rest in perfect peace.
pius_adesanmi Mehnnn !
pius_adesanmi Sad
pius_adesanmi Omg This Life......
pius_adesanmi RIP. So sad!
pius_adesanmi Omg
pius_adesanmi I'm waiting for him to come online and debunk this.😥
pius_adesanmi Terrible news.. RIP Pius
pius_adesanmi Damn!!! We didn’t get enough of you.😢
pius_adesanmi Sad
pius_adesanmi I hope this is not true
pius_adesanmi 😭😭😭😢😢
pius_adesanmi Life is just somehow
pius_adesanmi 😭😭😭😭😭😭
pius_adesanmi 😭😭
pius_adesanmi Rip
pius_adesanmi OMG
pius_adesanmi This is sad 😔
pius_adesanmi So sad to hear this... Rest in peace
pius_adesanmi RIPpius_adesanmi
pius_adesanmi May his soul rest in peace Wat a tragedy
pius_adesanmi Noo!!!! 💔💔
pius_adesanmi Damn! The news I thought wouldn't come. This is SAD!
pius_adesanmi What 😞
pius_adesanmi Very sad
pius_adesanmi so sad.
pius_adesanmi Jeez!
pius_adesanmi Kai this is so sad😢
pius_adesanmi Damn !😢
pius_adesanmi Oh No!😭😭😭
pius_adesanmi NO!!!
pius_adesanmi We have lost a legend..rest In peace..
pius_adesanmi Ha!!!!