Pius Adesanmi: See Late Professor’s Eerie Tweets 12 Days Before Ill Fated Ethiopian Plane Crash
Renown Nigerian Professor and writer Pius Adesanmi was one of the passengers on the ill fated Boeing 737-800MAX with registration number ET- AVJ, which took off at 08:38 am local time from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and lost contact at 08:44 am.
The Professor who until the time of his death lectured at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada celebrated his birthday few days before the crash.
Exactly 12 days before he lost his life in the crash, the renown author took to Twitter to thank God for sparing his life after he survived a near fatal accident a year ago. The post traumatic effect of the accident according to him left him waking up in the dead of night, shivering and shaking due to nightmares, as he relived the scene that nearly killed him.
As a result of the nearly fatal accident, the late Adesanmi said he was grateful-for-life and was looking forward to 2019 being the year of drip drip drip good news in his life, before another tragedy, this time fatal struck again.
Pius Adesanmi wrote on Twitter to celebrate his birthday on February 28th:
The day after… I’ve written so many “eniyan l’aso mi” updates after moments like this. I’d sound like a broken record deploying that trope yet again. So, I am just going to say thank you for making my day memorable yesterday.
Like I said, this birthday holds a special significance because I wasn’t meant to see it. Nearly a year later, I still wake up in the dead of night, shivering and shaking because of nightmares, reliving the scene that nearly took me, remembering those who didn’t make it.
So, I thank you for all your kind words yesterday, whether here, in my inboxes, phone, on your own TLs. My spirit tells me that God spared me because He has decided that 2019 will be the year of drip drip drip of good news in my life.
And the year of drip drip drip of good news in your lives too. May we all be here to celebrate the drip drip drip of good news in our lives. Thank you. E seun gan ni o.
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The day after… I've written so many "eniyan l'aso mi" updates after moments like this. I'd sound like a broken record deploying that trope yet again. So, I am just going to say thank you for making my day memorable yesterday. pic.twitter.com/FBqdt38NuM
— Pius Adesanmi (@pius_adesanmi) February 28, 2019
So, I thank you for all your kind words yesterday, whether here, in my inboxes, phone, on your own TLs. My spirit tells me that God spared me because He has decided that 2019 will be the year of drip drip drip of good news in my life.
— Pius Adesanmi (@pius_adesanmi) February 28, 2019
And the year of drip drip drip of good news in your lives too. May we all be here to celebrate the drip drip drip of good news in our lives. Thank you. E seun gan ni o.
Cc: @KadariaAhmed, @Omojuwa @lolashoneyin @HLemchi— Pius Adesanmi (@pius_adesanmi) February 28, 2019
Pius Adesanmi was born in Isanlu, in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. He got a BA (First Class Honours) from the University of Ilorin in 1992, then a Masters in French from the University of Ibadan in 1998, and a PhD in French Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2002.
From 2002 to 2005 he was Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He joined Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 2006 as a Professor of Literature and African studies. He was previously a Fellow of the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) from 1993 to 1997, as well as of the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) in 1998 and 2000.
May his soul rest in peace.
