It has been days since he died, yet Nigerians and other
sympathizers all over the world are still mourning the death of
Professor Pius Adesanmi, the Nigerian Canada based scholar who met his end in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airline that killed him and 156 others on Sunday, 10th of March, 2019.
It has now been revealed how the mother of the deceased,
purportedly got her visa to Canada stamped in her house after being
denied thrice.
According to Sunday Akoji, a friend of the deceased and a Nigerian
pharmacist based in the United States, Mama Adesanmi was denied visa to
Canada to visit her son. Even after re-applying twice, her visa was
still denied till her son intervened on her behalf and had her visa
stamped in her house in Ilorin, Kwara state.
Read the report below as shared by Sunday Akoji on Facebook.
"Visa To Canada:
"Once upon a time, Pius Adesanmi invited Mama Adesanmi to come
visit him in Canada. That was not to be because she was denied a visa to
go visit her son.
"Pius and Mama were sad, however that didn’t deterred Mama from
reapplying for the visa after a six months waiting period. Again she
was denied!
"Mama reapplied a third time for a visa to Canada and was
denied. She then told Pius that she will visit him in Canada on one
condition : “If the Canadian high commission comes to her house at
Ilorin and stamp her passport with the visa.” Mama was simply saying she
is done with the effort of obtaining a visa to Canada after three
denials.
"And it came to pass, that the Department of Foreign Affairs
invited Pius as a guest speaker for an event. Trust Pius not to waste an
opportunity to vent when one presents itself. He reluctantly accepted
the speaking engagement. After his lecture the Oga at the top in charge
of all High Commissioners went to Pius to give him kudos for a job well
done. During the tete-a-tete, Pius told the Oga that he is unable to
understand why his mother was denied visa to come and visit him.
"Three days after the event in Toronto, a dark, heavily tinted
SUV with a diplomatic plate number pulled up in front of Mama Adesanmi’s
house at Ilorin. The Canadian High Commissioner sent his aides who
drove all the way from Lagos to Ilorin to go and stamp Mama Adesanmi’s
passport with a visa to Canada in her living room, with a letter of
apology personally signed by the High Commissioner.
"That was how Mama’s prophesy came to pass and the people who
denied her visa three times, brought the visa to her house, even when
she didn’t apply for a visa.
"As Chinua Achebe puts it, “If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings." Pius was cool like that!
"How do we console Mama Adesanmi? How?!!!! How do we console
Mama and make her come to the realization that her only son who dines
with the Ogas at the top who made it possible for her visa to be stamped
in her living room, was among the 157 souls that perished on Sunday
last week when the ill fated Ethiopian Airlines Flight #302 plunged to
the earth 6 minutes after takeoff?
"Keep Mama Adesanmi in your prayers
"Good night Pius."
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