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Pius Adesanmi to be Buried Today in Canada

Matilda Omonaiye/

Late Nigerian-born Canadian professor, Pius Adesanmi, will be buried today in Canada.

The late renowned literary critic will be laid to rest at 12pm at Capital Funeral Home and Cemetry 3700, Prince Wales Drive, Ottawa , Ontario.

Adesanmi was among the passengers on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airline flight which crashed on its way to Nairobi, Kenya, in March.

The aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, which carried 149 passengers and eight crew members, lost contact with air traffic controllers six minutes after takeoff.

It crashed near Bishoftu, southeast of the Ethiopian capital, killing all passengers on board.

The native of Isanlu, in Yagba east local government area of Kogi state, Adesanmi was 47, and a professor of English at Carleton University, Canada.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters and his aged mother.

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