Some residents of the federal
capital territory (FCT) paid last respect to Pius Adesanmi, Nigerian-born
Canadian professor, on Wednesday.
Adesanmi was among the passengers
on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on its way to Nairobi,
Kenya, on Sunday.
All the 157 persons on board died
in the accident.
At the Unity Fountain, different
people, mostly clad in black and teary-eyed, recounted how the professor
touched their lives in numerous ways.
Speaking at the event, Senate
President Bukola Saraki said Adesanmi was not his enemy despite criticising
him.
Describing Adesanmi as an
ambassador of Nigeria, Saraki said the professor “did not die in vain.”
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| The procession |
“We can learn from some of those
things and that is why I came here to join you and appreciate those that are
good ambassadors of this country. His wife and his daughter, let them know that
their father and husband did not die in vain. I’m here to give him that respect.”
Deji Adeyanju, convener of
Concerned Nigerians, said Adesanmi was a patriot who ought to be celebrated.
“There is no greater patriot than
a person who speaks the truth, we must celebrate Pius Adesanmi. I’m touched by
this death and I prayer that his memory be blessed,” Adeyanju.
“We must take the lives of
Nigerians more seriously than business.”
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| Nwabufo paying tribute to the late professor |
Dino Melaye, senator representing
Kogi west, said the professor was one who spoke the truth “fearlessly.”
Melaye said one way to honour
Adesanmi is to stand for the “truth he wrote.”
“He was a great Nigerian, one who
spoke the truth fearlessly. He is gone but his works are here and the only way
to appreciate this transparent ordinary Nigerian is to make sure that the truth
is stood for,” the senator said.
“The truth he wrote about we will
defend it. In an unjust society, silence becomes a crime.”
Frederick Nwabufo, media
personality, said Adesanmi would live forever.
“You wrote your legacy in the
sands of time. Archaeologists have work to do excavating the artefacts of
truths you left sprawling everywhere on red earth. Rest on, Prof,” he said.
Aisha Yesufu, an activist, spoke
on how they used to exchanged banters on social media.
After the speeches, a procession
was held within the vicinity of the fountain.
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