Late Pius Adesanmi receives #FathersDay wishes from his Daughter & Widow who he left behind

Nigerian-born Canadian Professor, Pius Adesanmi, got a father’s day wish from his daughter and his widow who he left behind following his death in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines crash.

The emotional father’s day wishes late Pius Adesanmi got from his daughter and widow, caught the attention of social media users who have all reacted to it.

His wife Muyiwa wrote;

My Love, if there are computers in heaven, I know you would have found your way to one and readying this. Do have yourself a “Happy father’s Day”! We are still waiting for you to come home and rest. Always and for ever, Tise and Muyiwa

His daughter Tise, on the other hand, wrote ‘“Angel Daddy” Happy Father’s Day! XOXOXO Tise’

Adesanmi’s death, along with 156 others, on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed spurred waves of mourning across the world.

In Nigeria, tributes to the well-known professor, author and cultural critic overflowed from all corners of the country’s exuberant literary world. The Nigerian Canadian professor taught at Carleton University in Ontario. More than 40,000 followed him on Twitter, where he sparred with Nigeria’s feisty readers. He was a mentor to many young African writers.

Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president and vice-chancellor of Carleton University, said in a statement, “Pius was a towering figure in African and post-colonial scholarship and his sudden loss is a tragedy.”

“Some of the students have been hanging around the makeshift memorial at the Institute all day. They can’t believe he is gone. Pius lived well. He affected a lot of people. He made time for his students. He listened and believed in them,” Bacon told Guardian newspaper.