Foremost Nigerian professor, Pius Adesanmi,Ambassador Bashua Dies in Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash

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Pius Adesanmi, a foremost Nigerian prefessor was among the 157 passengers and crew members that died in a plane crash on Sunday.





The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on Sunday morning shortly after leaving Addis Ababa for Nairobi in Kenya.





Mr Adesanmi who holds Nigerian and Canadian citizenship was a prominent columnist on PREMIUM TIMES and other Nigerian media.





His death was confirmed by Sahara Reporters which said it spoke to three of his family members, a close friend and a Canadian official.













Carleton University, where Mr Adesanmi taught, also confirmed his death.





Also, a retired Nigerian Ambassador, Abiodun Bashua, was among other nationalities aboard the ill-fated Ethiopian air which crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in Addis Ababa on Sunday, March 9, 2019.





He was a retired Ambassador and on contract with United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).





Kenya’s Transport Secretary, James Macharia, said passengers from at least 35 nations were aboard the Ethiopian airlines’ flight 302.





The Ethiopian airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet was en route to Nairobi, Kenya when it crashed, killing all passengers and eight crew on board. The plane is the latest version of the Max 8 B737, described as the world’s bestselling modern passenger aircraft and one of the industry’s most reliable.






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